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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

CONDITIONAL GRANTS

9. Early Childhood Development Conditional Grant: Western Cape Province

Department/ Municipality to whom Western 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 work force as part of the Presidential Employment Initiative.
• To support ECD providers delivering and 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
• 9 933 children benefitted from the subsidy grant.
• 52 784 children benefitted from the top-up portion of the subsidy grant.
Maintenance
• 14 Facilities upgraded.
• 1 895 partial care facilities and practitioners benefitted from the hygiene and sanitation support packages.

Amount per amended DORA (R’000) 140 219
Amount transferred (R’000) 140 219
Reasons if amount as per DORA not transferred N/A
Amount spent by the department/ municipality (R’000) 135 152
Reasons for the funds unspent by the entity The reasons for the funds that were not spent are indicated as follows:
• Stimulus packages payments were still in progress at the end of the financial year.
• 14 facilities were upgraded in the first quarter and funding was redirected for PPE support.
• Additional 2 840 children benefitted from an approved allocation of R12 745 920. These were signed off at the end of March 2021.
• A total of 12 773 children are expected to benefit.
Monitoring mechanism by the transferring department The Department uses monthly, quarterly and in year monitoring reports.

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