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25 June 2003

PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

WORK IN PROGRESS RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT

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LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES AND PROGRESS TO DATE

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Social Security Priorities Social Assistance Bill Agency Bill Comprehensive Social Security Social Relief Draft Bill

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Draft Social Assistance Bill Administration of Social Assistance Act

assigned to provinces. This is presenting the Department with a

number of challenges, such as a constitutional challenge.

The Department can’t amend the current Act, and therefore needs new legislation,

No major policy shifts are introduced Looking at ensuring that the Bill is in line

with Constitution

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Progress to date Consultations were held with provinces,

Heads of Social Development, and MinMec A second iteration started and document

will now go for final drafting before submission to Cabinet in July.

Will be introduced into Parliament before 1st of August

Hope that it will come into operation by end of the last sitting of current parliament

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Enabling legislation for a focused, specialist institution,

Agency will be responsible for the management, administration and payment of social grants

Object is to establish the Agency

Social Security Agency Bill

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Scope of the Bill Bill provides for the following: Governance Board CEO and Staff Powers and Functions of the Board & CEO Functions of the Agency Transfer of functions, staff, assets,

obligations, Transition to institution

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Progress with Bill First draft has been presented to Portfolio

Committee More detailed investigation is currently

underway, and these may result in changes to the Bill

Bill will be finalised by 9 July and submitted to Cabinet

Will be introduced into Parliament by August The establishment of the Agency is a

government priority

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Progress with Agency Dedicated team is working flat out to

present to Cabinet in July the implications of establishing the agency. The implications relate to: Constitutional and legal issues; Fiscal and financial implications; Organisational and personnel issues; and Communications strategies.

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Comprehensive Social Security After public inputs as from July

several Task Teams were established to prepare submissions to Cabinet covering:

Comprehensive social security Framework,

National Health Insurance Road Accident Fund, UIF, and

Disability

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Social Relief Draft Bill New draft was prepared for

Cabinet submission, but the Department may have to spend more time on evaluating this bill against current legislation and the intention to establish the social security agency

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Draft Older Persons BillPurpose This Bill intends to repeal the Aged Persons

Act 81 of 1967Main objective To provide for the protection,

empowerment and safety of older persons; for the establishment and registration of facilities, for the establishment of an Ombudsperson for older persons and the establishment of a National Consultative Forum on Ageing and matters connected therewith

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Progress to date Consultations with a variety of Stakeholders

including this Committee and the NCOP After consultation with the Portfolio

Committee on 09 April 2003 the draft Bill was taken for:1) Extensive consultative process leading to the development of Zero draft Policy and zero Draft Bill2) Presentations to the Portfolio Committee and NCOP Select Committee3) Preliminary budget costing exercise

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A summary follows:

Department of Social Development The cost of extending the definition of

older persons to all persons over the age of 60 years

The cost of extending frail care persons in facilities

The cost of providing basic services The establishment and funding the

National Consultative Forum

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Social Development costs continue..

The cost of funding the ombudsperson for older persons

The establishment and operation of a register of facilities to older persons

The establishment of a register of persons unfit to provide care to older persons

The payment of subsidies to organisations involved in providing facilities and services to older persons

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Intergovernmental fiscal implicationsJustice Sector The responsibilities associated with

holding enquiries Possible increase in the number of

courts due to rights granted by the BillHealth Sector Funding of basic health services Responding to decisions made with

respect to older persons in need of care

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Timeframe envisaged in finalising the Bill

Draft Bill to be submitted to Minister for approval and submission to Cabinet - 04 July 2003

submitted to the State Law Advisers for review and certification

Deadline for the submission of legislation to Parliament01 August 2003

12 Sept 2003 Draft Bill to be tabled in Parliament

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Draft Children’s Bill

Purpose Envisages to define the rights and

responsibilities of children define parental responsibilities and rights determine principles and guidelines for the

protection of children and the promotion of their well-being

consolidate the laws relating to the welfare and protection of children

regulate matters concerning the protection and well-being of children, especially those that are the most vulnerable; and

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Progress to date Cabinet Committee referred Bill for

refinement Bill and collaboration with core departments

Interdepartmental Steering Committee formed followed by inter-departmental discussions

Presentations to Social Development Portfolio Committee

Inputs received from all major stakeholder departments

Scoping exercise done to identify cost drivers – costing process initiated

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Envisaged Timeframe for finalising the Bill Draft Bill ready to be submitted to

Cabinet Committee If approved by Cabinet Committee,

the draft Bill will be introduced in Parliament.

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HIV/AIDS: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS amongst vulnerable groups and to contribute towards reducing the risk of the spread of HIV/AIDS, with special focus on youth and women.

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Objectives to improve service delivery to children Ensure that there are clear policy guidelines that inform

service delivery to children and national obligations are met.

Ensure that the coordinating structure proposed at the 2002 Conference works.

Facilitate the process of developing competencies of practitioners involved in service delivery to children.

Facilitate the process for provision of comprehensive, integrated social development services to vulnerable children especially those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS using a child-right approach

Engage in periodic research projects designed to monitor and evaluate work done by NPOs and government

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STRATEGIES/Programmes Community based care and support Social assistance and social welfare services Policies and legislation on protection of rights Poverty eradication Integrated food security programme Poverty alleviation strategies; Research on baseline data and impact assessment ; Capacity building; Workplace programmes Strategic partnerships

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Home community based care and support Community based care ensures the

provision of a continuum of care and normalization of services for children families and individuals who have become vulnerable due to HIV/AIDS -in their own communities or homes

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models Drop in centres Identification of children services at schools coordinated action cluster homes social security food security programme poverty alleviation projects Child care forums service delivery involving the community alternative care options

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Number of child headed households receiving HCBC projects services

2001-2002 2002-2003

Total 7456 31240*

Eastern Cape 1244 4960

Free State 113 1075

Gauteng 190 829

KwaZulu-Natal 4570 20894

Mpumalanga 366 -

Northern Cape 43 231

Limpopo 143 1561

North West 229 1620

Western Cape 558 70

* Mpumalanga data not available yet

2001-2002 : First rapid appraisal of Home community based care (HCBC) projects (from August 2001 to March 2002)2002-2003: Follow-up of the first study on the HCBCs (from October 2002 to May 2003, except Mpumalanga)

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Allocations from 2002-6Provinces 2002/03

R’000 2003/04 R’000

2004/05 R’000

2005/06 R’000

Eastern Cape 4,697 6 658 7 089 7 514

Free State 6,510 9 228 9 825 10 415 Gauteng 6,836 9 690 10 315 10 934 KwaZulu-Natal 8,462 11 996 12 773 13 540 Limpopo 3,069 4 353 4 634 4 912 Mpumalanga 6,928 9 821 10 456 11 084 Northern Cape 2,604 3 691 3 930 4 165 North West 5,348 7 580 8 070 8 554 Western Cape 2,046 2 900 3 088 3 273 TOTAL

46,500

65 917

70 180

74 391

NATIONAL 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,600

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Expenditure on 2002/3 allocations

Province Total

Received

Actual

Expenditure

Expenditure

%

Deviation

Underspend/over

spend

R’000 R’000 R’000

Eastern Cape 4,798 4,798 100.00 000

Free State 6,650 8,858 133.20 2208

Gauteng 6,983 6,983 100.00 000

KwaZulu-Natal 8,644 5,114 59.51 3,500

Limpopo 3,135 3,135 100.00 0,00

Mpumalanga 7,077 7,101 100.03 -24

Northern Cape 2,660 2,707 101.76 -47

North West 5,463 5,463 100.00 000

Western Cape 2,090 2,084 99.71 6

Grand Total 47,500 46,273 97.41 1,227

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Progress on Indicators

314 centers/sites for home/community-based care and support were supported

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psycho social support, provision of day care and after school centers/drop in centres, placement of children in foster care and addressing the education and health needs of children

75000 children identified and assisted since 2001 13061 food parcels ranging between R154 and R350 per

parcel were provided

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Progress on indicators 1213 care givers received stipends, between

R225 and R500 20695 families received support such as food

parcels, assistance with funerals, linking families up with income generating projects

1990 volunteers were recruited and trained 41 Child Care Forums have been established in

some parts of the country 85 Support groups for PLWAs are being provided

with both financial and professional support Situational analysis Tools and guidelines

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Challenges regarding services Most children who are affected by

HIV/AIDS are not accessing services The identification of children is not

systematic Some children and their care givers are

unable to access social security because lack of information not having the correct documents e.g. Ids

and birth certificates

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Challenges cont. School requirements such as school fees and

uniform prevent children from accessing education

Difficulties experienced by NGOs and CBOs in accessing govt and donor funding

Capacity building and continuous support to stakeholders

Absence of a children’s forum Realisation of all children’s rights-application

of the rights-based approach

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Rapid rollout of HCBC

Move to universal approach - 20-25% increase of sites/centres per province per year to reach a target of 2000 centers

At the moment provinces are only in the position to add 5-10% a year.

Building strong and effective partnerships with local government and civil society responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Effective Management and monitoring of rolling out the programme

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Rollout Establishment of coordinated action

management teams for children infected and affected by HIV/ADS especially orphans and child headed households at all levels

Strengthening of the HIV/AIDS units at provincial, district and community levels

Well managed and effective capacity building programme

Give more prominence to HIV/AIDS programmes by elevating units in provinces to Directorates

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Future steps taken to increase the budget A costed budget proposal for the Enhanced Social

Development Response to HIV/AIDS requested by Treasury to increase the budget allocated to the Dept for home community based care and support in the next three financial years

Services to orphans and vulnerable children will be the main focus of the proposal

Dept of Health’s proposal to Global Funding to finance the Integrated Plan for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS

Proposal to DFID for the capacity building programme at all levels

A comprehensive five -year Social Development strategic plan on HIV/AIDS

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Existing Capacity to manage additional funds

Improved financial management and monitoring systems. Further improvement subject to approval to appoint

contract workers at a higher level to manage the programme

The national HIV/AIDS Directorate has been raised to a level of a Chief Director

Existing govt social services infrastructure in some areas Well established partnerships with a network of civil society

organisations Most NGOs have rudimentary infrastructure to deliver Appropriate options for transferring funds to provinces

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Funding of Welfare Services

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Introduction MINMEC decision to review

Financing Policy motivated by: Concerns raised by internal and

external stakeholders, including Portfolio Committee

MINMEC observations about protracted process of implementation

Confusion about status of the Financing Policy

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Introduction 2Key Recommendations

Overall conclusion: Policy has good intentions, but lacks direction to advance implementation

Implementation of policy to be held in abeyance until detailed review is done

Funding to continue on current basis Principles of policy to be retained

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Introduction 3: Transformation Agenda

Proposal from National Department to MINMEC to adopt more comprehensive approach to transformation of welfare services

Motivation for comprehensive approach: Financing Policy is one of many

transformation initiatives Fragmentation of different initiatives

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Introduction 4:Outputs of Review

Transformation agenda to include followingOutputs: Norms and standards for services: Human Resource Issues Improving infrastructure Review of welfare policies and legislation Financial Issues Monitoring and evaluation

(Issues related to Financing Policy dealt with under 2nd and 3rd Outputs)

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Progress made

Due to the implications for provinces HSD has appointed a Technical Team to oversee the process 3 HODs and 3 HSWS members representing

provinces Rep from national DSD Rep from National Treasury Other Experts

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Progress made

Technical Team has mandate to fast track: Developing an uniform funding formula Redrafting of the funding policy Developing of norms and standards Development of financing and service

delivery models

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Progress made (2)

Minimum standards have been developed for different service categories

Roles and responsibilities have been clarified A business plan has been developed Possible resources to appoint full time technical

experts to drive time-limited processes Project Manager to be appointed Matrix of activities (see hand-out) developed

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Time frames

Developing an uniform funding formula July 2003

Approval of Business plan - Aug 2003 Appointment of project mgr - Sept 2003 Finalisation of Funding

policy Dec 2003 Finalisation of Norms and

Standards Mar 2003

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Child ProtectionChild Protection

•DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION inclusive ofEXPLOITATION inclusive of

•PROTOCOLS TO MANAGE PROTOCOLS TO MANAGE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECTCHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

•CHILD PROTECTION CHILD PROTECTION REGISTERREGISTER

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NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND

EXPLOITATIONEXPLOITATIONAIMS :AIMS :•To continuously reduce the incidence of To continuously reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect in South Africachild abuse and neglect in South Africa

•To ensure the effective management of To ensure the effective management of presenting cases of abuse and neglect so presenting cases of abuse and neglect so as to prevent the further maltreatment of as to prevent the further maltreatment of the children concerned and to promote the the children concerned and to promote the healing of these children and their healing of these children and their familiesfamilies

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NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATIONABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION

Progress :Progress :

•Draft Nat Strategy on Child Abuse Draft Nat Strategy on Child Abuse revised and converted into a draft revised and converted into a draft National Policy and a National National Policy and a National Strategic Plan on the management of Strategic Plan on the management of Child Abuse, neglect and exploitationChild Abuse, neglect and exploitation

•Child Protection Register developedChild Protection Register developed

•Protocols revised and will be Protocols revised and will be submitted for approvalsubmitted for approval

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NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATIONABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION

Timeframes :Timeframes :Provincial Protocols approvedProvincial Protocols approved 20012001

Approval of revised ProtocolsApproval of revised Protocols 30 Nov 03 30 Nov 03

Roll out of CPRRoll out of CPR July 2003July 2003

Finalisation of policy and strategyFinalisation of policy and strategy Aug 2003Aug 2003

Costing of policy and strategyCosting of policy and strategy Oct 2003Oct 2003

ApprovalApproval 30 Nov 0330 Nov 03