Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Social Development
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of children and
preventing other
failures in the family
environment to meet
children’s needs;
(g) Diverting children
away from the child
and youth care system
and the criminal justice
system;
(h) Avoiding the removal
of a child from the
family environment.
Prevention and early
intervention programmes
may include (s144(2)):
(a) Assisting families
to obtain the basic
necessities of life;
(b) Empowering families to
obtain such necessities
for themselves;
(c) Providing families
with information to
enable them to access
services;
(d) Supporting and
assisting families with
a chronically ill or
terminally ill family
member;
(e) Early childhood
development;
(f) Promoting the wellbeing
of children and
the realisation of their
full potential.
Prevention and early
intervention programmes
must involve and promote
the participation of
families, parents, caregivers
and children in identifying
and seeking solutions to
their problems (s144(3)).
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