Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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Registration
of compliant
ECD
programmes
with the
DoSD xxxiii
ECD centres running
ECD programmes may
receive funding from the
provincial DoSD provided
that they comply with
prescribed national ECD,
partial care and child
and youth care centre
norms and standards and
provided they register
with the provincial head
of social development of
the province where that
programme is offered.
Targeted beneficiaries
ECD centres that
comply with registration
requirements
ECD centres that do not
comply with registration
requirements, but are in
the process of complying,
making use of the
subsidy to enable them
to do so
Provincial DoSDs
The norms and standards
for partial care xxxiv and
child and youth care
facilities relate to the level
of infrastructure and basic
services that must be
provided by the centre.
The DoSD also allows
for the conditional
registration of ECD
centres to allow receipt of
the per-child subsidy to
enable the centre to meet
the prescribed minimum
standards. xxxv
Per-learner
subsidy for
learners at
registered
ECD centres
ECD centres are funded
through the payment of a
per-learner subsidy.
Payment of the subsidy
is not compulsory. It may
be paid by the DoSD.
This depends on budget
availability.
The subsidy is paid per
(qualifying) child to
registered ECD centres.
The subsidy is paid to the
ECD centre for nutritional
and other basic needs of
the child (not for payment
of the practitioners).
Targeted beneficiaries
Registered ECD centres
that comply with the
requirements of the
Children’s Amendment
Act, 2007, and which
are providing services
to children living in
poverty
The centres must have
a constitution and be
registered with the
DoSD as non-profit
organisations
The ECD centre must
apply for the subsidy
each year.
The provincial DoSD
is responsible for
paying the subsidy to
registered ECD centres.
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