Page 132 - Department of Social Development Annual Report 2021

PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

CONDITIONAL GRANTS

4. Early Childhood Development Conditional Grant: KwaZulu-Natal DSD

Department/ Municipality to whom Kwa-Zulu Natal Provincial Department of Social Development
the grant has been transferred
Actual Outputs
2020/2021
Purpose of the grant • 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.

Expected outputs of the grant Subsidy
• To increase the number of poor children benefitting from the ECD Subsidy for 264 days per annum.
• Increase in the number of ECD workforce 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.
Actual outputs achieved Subsidy
• 1 206 ECD centres with 39 633 children benefitted from ECD Conditional Grant subsidy in the 2020/21 financial year.
• Subsidy was paid for 264 days.
• 1 902 staff benefitted from the unemployment risk support grant.

Maintenance
• 89 ECD sites assessed for infrastructure support and health and safety standards,
• For the 2019/20 financial year, the Department constructed two low cost projects that were completed during the 2020/21 financial year.
• All projects earmarked for 2020/21 financial year were deferred to next year as the province was not implementing maintenance projects
in this financial year.

Amount per amended DORA (R’000) 283 355
Amount transferred (R’000) 283 355
Reasons if amount as per DORA not transferred N/A
Amount spent by the department/ municipality (R’000) 192 093

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