Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Social Development
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It may offer:
guidance counselling
and psychosocial
support;
social skills and life
skills;
educational
programmes;
recreation;
community services;
school holiday
programmes;
primary healthcare in
collaboration with the
local health clinic;
reporting of children
and referrals to social
workers or social
services professionals;
promotion of family
preservation and
reunification;
computer literacy;
outreach services;
prevention and early
intervention.
Notes:
(i) Social Assistance Act 13/2004 as amended by the Social Assistance Amendment Act, 2008, and accompanying Regulations
(ii) The authors emphasise that the CSG in the amount of R250 per months is intended to supplement (rather than replace)
household income.
(iii) http://www.blacksash.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1235&Itemid=226. The author sought to
obtain the latest grant amounts for 2010 on the SASSA website. On 1 August 2010, the SASSA website did not provide the latest
grant amounts, but still published the outdated 2009 amounts. The correct amounts were, however, published on the Black Sash’s
website.
(iv) The Regulations to the Social Assistance Act governing the eligibility criteria for the CSG were amended on 1 January 2010.
Prior to this date, the CSG was only available for children younger than 15. The amendment effectively extends the eligibility age
of children to 18 in a stepped, phased-in manner over the next three years, starting with children aged 15–16 in 2010, 16–17
year olds in 2011 and those between the ages of 17–18 in 2012 (Regulation No. 32853, 31 December 2009).
(v) A primary caregiver is a person over the age of 16 years who looks after the daily needs of the child. This person does not have
to be related to the child. It excludes a person caring for a child for remuneration or an institution which receives an award for
taking care of the child or a person who does not have the implied or express consent of a parent, guardian or custodian of the
child (section 1, Social Assistance Act 13/2004).
(vi) The means test changed in August 2008. Prior to August 2008, the means test for the CSG was R800 per month in urban
areas and R1 100 per month in rural areas. It had not been changed in a decade (Regulation No. 31356, 22 August 2008).
(vii) The application process for applying for a grant without an identity document(s) is provided for in Regulations 27316,
22 February 2005, and Regulations 31356, 22 August 2008. The full procedure for applying for a grant without a bar-coded
identity document or birth certificate is spelt out in ACESS (2009).
(viii) Regulation 6(5): Regulations to the Social Assistance Act, Regulation No. 32853, 31 December 2009
(ix) Section 8 of the Social Assistance Act 13/2004.
(x) Regulations 27316 and 31356 to the Social Assistance Act, 2004, and the Social Assistance Amendment Act, 2008
(xi) Regulations 27316 and 31356. The full procedure for applying for a grant without a bar-coded identity document or birth
certificate is spelt out in ACESS (2009).
(xii) Section 7 of the Social Assistance Act13/2004, as amended by the Social Assistance Amendment Bill, 2010
(xiii) Regulations 27316 and 31356 to the Social Assistance Act, 2004, and the Social Assistance Amendment Act, 2008
(xiv) SASSA (2009)
(xv) Section 13 of the Social Assistance Act 13/2004.
(xvi) Regulations 27316 and 31356 to the Social Assistance Act, 2004, and the Social Assistance Amendment Act, 2008
(xvii) DoSD (2006a)
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