Page 128 - Department of Social Development Annual Report 2021

PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
CONDITIONAL GRANTS
2. Early Childhood Development Conditional Grant: Free State DSD
Department/ Municipality to whom
the grant has been transferred
Purpose of the grant
Expected outputs of the grant
Actual outputs achieved
Amount per amended DORA (R’000)
Amount transferred (R’000)
Reasons if amount as per DORA not transferred N/A
Amount spent by the department/ municipality (R’000) R47 203
Free State Provincial Department of Social Development
• To increase the number of children from poor communities accessing subsidised ECD services through centre-based ECD services.
• To support ECD providers delivering an ECD programme to meet requirements for registration.
• To pilot the construction of new low cost ECD centres.
• To provide support to ECD services workforce as part of the Presidential Employment Initiative.
• To support ECD providers delivering an ECD programme to meet the basic health and safety requirements for registration.
Subsidy
• To increase the number of poor children benefitting from the ECD Subsidy for 264 days per annum
• Increase in the number of ECD work force benefitting from the Presidential employment stimulus package (unemployment risk
support and top up payment to take on additional duties as compliance support officers)
Maintenance.
• To upgrade and increase the number of conditionally registered ECD centres to full registration.
• To increase the number of ECD facilities provided with standard hygiene and sanitation support package
Subsidy
• 9008 children in 252 centres benefitted from the subsidy
• 2 446 workforce in 520 centres benefitted from the Presidential Employment Initiative grant
Maintenance
• The following were provided to ECD centres as health and hygiene support:
• 106 ECD centres received water tanks.
• In addition, the following was purchased:
104 first aid kits
2 219 desk dividers
427 sanitizer stands
248 sanitizers
407 thermometers
560 Refill bottles
4 652 face shields; and
970 adult face masks
R94 648
R94 648
128 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2020/21