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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

CONDITIONAL GRANTS

7. Early Childhood Development Conditional Grant: Northern Cape DSD

Department/ Municipality to whom Northern Cape Provincial Department of Social Development
the grant has been transferred

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
• 2 047 children benefitted from the subsidy grant.
• 8 396 children benefitted from the top-up portion of the grant.
• 666 staff benefited from the top-up payment for additional duties as compliance support officers.
Maintenance
• 472 ECD Centres were assisted with Covid-19 Health and Support packages.
Amount per amended DORA (R’000) 66 457
Amount transferred (R’000) 66 457
Reasons if amount as per DORA not transferred N/A
Amount spent by the department/ municipality (R’000) 27 500

Reasons for the funds unspent by the entity The reasons for the funds that were not spent are indicated as follows:
• Over funding of the province for the Presidential Employment Stimulus Relief Fund,
• All approved applications to the fund were not paid before the closure of the financial systems at end of the financial year as not all
approved batches were received from the Central Applications Office and banking details of some approved ECD centres were not in
order.
Monitoring mechanism by the transferring department The Department uses monthly, quarterly and in-year monitoring reports.

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