DSD%20Annual%20Report%202006/07

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DSD Annual Report2006/07
Presented to Portfolio Committee on Social
Development 14 November 2007
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Presentation outline

• Part A
• Overview
• Part B
• Programme Performance 2006/07
• Part C
• Budget and Expenditure report 2006/07
• Auditor Generals Report
• Challenges
• Part D
• Legislative Framework 2007/08

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DSD Strategic Perspective

• The department has premised its strategies and
  services on two platforms
• services that deal with assisting society to deal
  with what they are currently experiencing as a
  result of poverty and social dislocation and
• strategies to deal with the factors that give
  rise to and sustain poverty, inequality and
  social discord.

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Vision
A caring and integrated system of social
development services that facilitates human
development and improves the quality of life.
Mission
To ensure the provision of comprehensive,
integrated, sustainable and quality social
development services against vulnerability and
poverty and create an enabling environment for
sustainable development in partnership with those
committed to building a caring society.
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Sector Priorities

• Expansion and consolidation of services to
  children, youth, older persons, women, people
  with disabilities
• Capacity building for Civil Society Organisation
• Expanded Public Works Programme
• Human Capital Development Social Services
  Professionals

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Part B Programme Performance
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Programme 2 Comprehensive Social Protection

• PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE
• to ensure the provision of a package of
  comprehensive social protection measures and
  interventions, focusing on income support
• Non-contributory Social Benefits
• Achieved significant milestones with respect to
  developing policies and research for discussion
  and debate that will in due course address the
  many gaps in social security system.
• Cabinet approved a policy and an implementation
  plan for the extension of social assistance to
  indigent refugees who are disabled.
• The department developed a further plan to cover
  contingencies of recognised refugees in respect
  of the old age pension, children in poor
  households and foster care.

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Programme 2 Comprehensive Social Protection

• Non-contributory Social Benefits (continued)
• Childrens Benefits
• Conducted a study on the need and potential
  implications of extension of child support grants
  (CSG) to the age of 18 years.
• The report was submitted to the Cabinet for
  consideration. Cabinet proposed that the Social
  Sector Cluster explore a package of services to
  vulnerable children over the age of 14 years, as
  opposed to a social grant as the sole measure.
• Disability and Retirement benefits
• Developed a draft assessment tool for Care
  Dependency Grants
• Facilitated the development of a draft report on
  social security benefits for people with chronic
  illnesses
• Finalised piloting of the harmonised assessment
  tool for disability which started in 2005/06
• Planned implementation to commence in the next
  financial year pending amendment of the Social
  Assistance Act and initial training of SASSA and
  Department of Health officials

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Programme 2 Comprehensive Social Protection

• Non-contributory Social Benefits (continued)
• The provision of Social Relief of Distress
• Developed a policy implementation manual to
  support standardised interpretation and
  application of the provisions across the country.
  
• Disbursed an amount to the value of R22 million
  to provide relief to 13 000 victims of disaster
  and an amount to the value of R3 million
  Emergency Relief Fund to Organizations providing
  assistance to victims of disaster.
• Contributory Social Security benefits
• Social Insurance
• Completed a review of Retirement Provisions, with
  further studies to support key recommendations,
  with legislation for a state-provided fund.

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Programme 2 Comprehensive Social Protection

• Service delivery Quality Assurance
• Implemented both the monitoring framework and
  institutional arrangements for the regular
  interface between the Agency and the Department
  to ensure continuity and improvement in service
  standards.
• Completed the report on perverse incentives and
  approved by Cabinet.
• Completed a profile of 7,000 beneficiaries during
  this period. The report was presented to Cabinet
  and approved.

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• Child Care and Protection Services
• New Child Care Legislation
• The Section 75 Childrens Bill was signed by the
  President in June 2006 and it is now referred to
  as the Childrens Act No.38 of 2005.
• The Childrens Amendment Bill previously known as
  the Section 76 part of the Childrens Bill was
  introduced to Parliament in July 2006 and passed
  by the NCOP. The Bill has been passed by the
  National Assembly and referred to NCOP for
  concurrence .
• Early childhood development (ECD)
• Launched the Guidelines on Early Childhood
  Development services in June 2006
• The Sector registered approximately 1500 sites in
  2006/07 bringing the number of registered sites
  to over 11 000.
• There is on average an ECD site for every 455
  children in the country.
• Paid per diem subsidy for approximately 314 912
  children.
• The total amount paid towards these subsidized
  sites for 2006/07 is R350m

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• Child Care and Protection Services (continued)
• Strategies to Combat Child Abuse, Neglect and
  Exploitation
• Installed the Child Protection Register (CPR) in
  all provinces and the process of upgrading the
  database in all provinces is ongoing.
• The CPR registers, in six provinces, are fully
  aligned with the new national web-based system.
• Alternative Care
• Developed a foster care strategy
• Developed a comprehensive residential care data
  base of registered child and youth care centres.
• Adoptions and International Social Services
• Registered 252 inter country adoptions and
• 2,166 domestic adoptions

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• Social Crime Prevention
• Programmes and guidelines for children awaiting
  trial
• Achieved 50 reduction of children in prisons and
  SAPS holding facilities
• Completed a booklet on minimum standards on
  diversion and the booklet is expected to be
  launched during the first quarter of the 2007/08
  financial year.
• As an interim measure, the DSD adopted Western
  Cape Secure Care Detention and Probation Case
  Management System and will be rolled out in other
  provinces

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• Services to Families
• Family Policy
• Developed a costing framework for family policy
• Finalised the training manual for parenting
  skills and the training manual on Marriage
  Preparation and Marriage Enrichment
• Drafted the manual on family preservation and is
  awaiting approval.
• Developed a database of existing services and
  programmes to families. Consolidated inputs from
  five provinces Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo,
  Eastern Cape and Free State into the database
• Victim Empowerment
• Launched an Empowerment Centre in Badplaas
  Mpumalanga
• Finalised a strategy for involving men and boys
  in the prevention of violence against women and
  children.
• Finalised framework for the implementation of the
  SAs Victims Charter
• Conducted an impact analysis of the resource
  directory of services for victims of crime the
  report is available

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• Services to older persons
• Developed community based care and support
  services model for services to older persons
• Finalised Plan of Action on Ageing in line with
  Madrid Plan of Action in Aging.
• Provided financial and administrative to the
  South African Older Persons Forum (SAOPF), which
  was established in 2005 by the Minister of Social
  Development, to promote and protect the rights of
  older persons and to serve as a mouth piece for
  older persons.
• Services to people with disabilities
• Conducted research on social needs of people with
  disabilities
• Developed policy guidelines on
• rehabilitation services to people with
  disabilities
• residential facilities for people with
  disabilities
• management of protective workshops

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• SUBSTANCE ABUSE
• Prevention of and Treatment of Substance Bill
• Held briefing session on the Bill with the
  Portfolio Committee on Social Development
• Consultations took place with all provinces
• Norms and Standards
• Developed Minimum Norms and Standards for
  in-patient Treatment Centres and the Best
  practice model for children and youth in
  treatment facilities
• Conducted rapid Analysis on Trends in Substance
  Abuse in the country.

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• HIV/AIDS
• Strengthen and roll out home /community-based
  care and support
• Funded 1 700 Home/Community based Centres
  nation-wide providing a wide and varying number
  of services.
• Developed norms and standards for HCBC services
  to ensure quality of services and to provide a
  minimum package of services to be rendered.
• Piloted draft norms and standards in 13 HCBC
  organizations. 48 of HCBC organizations comply
  with the norms and standards.
• Conducted a situation analysis to inform the
  development of a capacity building/mentoring
  model for HCBC.
• Trained 142 HCBC organizations on organizational
  development.
• Commissioned a study to assess the existing
  monitoring and evaluation system for HCBC at
  national, provincial, district and local level.
• Developed a module on psycho-social support was
  in consultation with HWSETA and printed

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Programme 4 Social Welfare Services

• HIV/AIDS (continued)
• Care and support programme
• Completed process for estimation of orphans using
  vital registration data up to the age of 13
  years.
• Finalised Policy framework for orphans and other
  children made vulnerable by AIDS
• Finalised guidelines and action plan for
  Management of HIV for Children and Youth in
  residential care.
• Facilitated and monitored the establishment of 50
  Love Life outlets
• Commissioned a study to look at existing national
  and international databases for OVC. A report is
  expected during the 2007/08 financial year.
• Implementation of expanded public works programme
  within home /community-based care and support
  programme
• 2,438 caregivers received accredited training
• 12,213 received non-accredited training
• 611 child care forums fully functional. Plans are
  under way to conduct an audit to inform the
  roll-out of child care forums. Developed training
  material to enhance the effective functioning of
  CCF

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Programme 5 Development and Research

• Community Development
• Sustainable Livelihoods
• Launched the first phase of the pilot project on
  linking grants to livelihoods and cooperatives (
  Dutyini Pilot Project) in May 2006
• Co-operative established and registered with
  CIPRO
• Produced documentary and case-study of first
  phase
• Introduced concept in Limpopo and will be rolled
  out as soon as challenges in the node identified
  have been addressed
• Exit strategy of PRP projects
• Finalised the MOU between national and provincial
  Departments of Social Development to hand over
  the responsibility of management of poverty
  relief projects to provinces.
• Developed Action Plan on spending funds on the
  IDT accounts and request for deviation from the
  initial objectives of the PRP framework submitted
  to National Treasury

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Programme 5 Development and Research

• Community Development (continued)
• Community development policy
• Held national consultative processes to identify
  pertinent issues that are critical for the
  development of a community development policy.
• Improved conditions of service for community
  development practitioners
• Finalised Job description for five CDP work
  levels. The CDP re-grading process was approved
  by MINMEC on 23 February 2007.
• Implementation date of the recommended CDP salary
  levels is 1 April 2007.
• Worked with the South African Qualifications
  Authority to standardize the qualifications and
  training of Community Development Practitioners.

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Programme 5 Development and Research

• Community Development (continued)
• Provision of integrated DSD services in the ISRDP
  and URP nodes
• Commissioned research on analysis of livelihood
  profiles and assessment of DSD basket of services
  in all the 21 ISRDP and URP nodes.
• The project is aimed at informing the Department
  on how it is currently performing, its
  shortcomings, what needs to be done to improve
  service delivery, and piloting the support
  processes needed in order to effect change.
• Identified training and capacity building needs
  of Community Development Practitioners as part of
  the ISRDP/URP study as well as held workshops
  with provinces on methodology of the study
• Youth Development Policies and strategies
• MINMEC approved the Youth Development Strategy
• Completed costing for the implementation of the
  National Youth Strategy.

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Programme 5 Development and Research

• Community Development (continued)
• National and international Obligations
• Held commemoration of the South African Youth Day
  as part of the Youth Development Month.
  Highlights of month include the national memorial
  lecture held at the HSRC Building on 15 June
  2006, the launch of the activities in the Free
  State Province.
• Hosted Youth Indaba together with the Departments
  of Health and Defence.
• Provided support to provinces in commemoration of
  the International Youth Day
• Youth Work Services
• Recruited 240 youth in line with the National
  Youth Service Implementation Guidelines criteria.
  
• South African Youth Work Association revising the
  implementation of the Youth Work Policy
• Held consultations held with stakeholders to
  secure buy-in and support to the process to
  professionalise the Youth Service

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Programme 5 Development and Research

• Community Development (continued) Support to
  Civil Society Organisations
• Registration of NPOs
• 6,507 were registered within the required time
  frame of two months upon receipt of application,
• This increased the total number of registered
  organizations to 43,466 organizations.
• 4,722 annual reports were received and 3,614 of
  these reports were captured on the NPO database.
• De-registered 280 organizations because of
  non-compliance.
• Trained Community Development Practitioners to
  assist and support Organizations, particularly
  those that are not complying.
• Enhanced institutional capacity of the sector
• Completed a training manual for CDP
  train-a-trainer programme.
• Developed a CD per province for each CDP on the
  manual and database of incomplete applications
  received and the registered organizations to
  facilitate support to organizations
• Conducted train-a-trainer workshops for CDP in
  different provinces

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Programme 5 Development and Research

• Population and Development
• Population and Development Research
• Population and development research activities
  served to support policy development, monitoring
  and evaluation in the Department, and the
  Government in general.
• Research reports that flowed from research
  undertaken include the following
• Views on migration in Sub-Saharan Africa
• An Evaluation of the Joint Population Conferences
  (1999-2005)
• Identification of Information and Research Gaps
  on the Impact of HIV and AIDS and Research
  Priority Needs Towards an HIV and AIDS Research
  Agenda for DSD
• Review, update and definition of indicators to
  monitor the social impacts and other aspects of
  HIV and AIDS in South Africa.

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Strategic Challenges

• Non compliance with the NPO Act.
• The Department is appointing additional staff
  members to enhance its capacity to administer and
  monitor registered NPOs.
• The slow process of filling of posts.
• The Department reviewed the Recruitment and
  Selection Policy with the intention of shortening
  the turn around time of recruitment in the
  Department.
• Financial administration of the social assistance
  function poses many challenges due to dual
  responsibilities between SASSA and the Department
  which impacts on accountability.
• Lack of effective management information systems
  for social welfare and community development
  programmes, limit our capacity to monitoring and
  evaluation

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Background

• The Disaster Relief Fund Board was appointed
  during the 1ST October 2005 until 31 July 2007.
• 15 Board Members representing the 9 provinces
  were appointed to manage the Disaster Relief
  Fund.
• During the term of office of the Board no
  declaration of disaster was made in terms of the
  Fund Raising Act of 1978 No.107.
• Most of the disaster events were dealt with at
  the provincial and local levels.
• Since the establishment of the Disaster
  Management Act of 2002 No. 57 the Fund Raising
  Act No.107 has become absolute.
• Provinces affected by disaster has indicated to
  be coping with disaster during this financial
  year.
• In most cases Social Relief of Distress budgets
  from provinces and SASSA were utilized to assist
  the affected communities.
• An amount to the value of R20 million was
  distributed to12 000 victims of drought and gale
  force from the Disaster Relief Fund Board.

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Legislative Framework

• The Board and the Department consulted broadly on
  issues of legislative and institutional
  arrangements.
• It was noted that the present legislative
  arrangements are fragmented and results in delays
  due to consultation process by the Board at high
  costs to the Department, and duplication of
  services
• Social Assistance Act make provision for
  disbursement of relief, similarly the Fund
  Raising Act makes such provisions, thus
  complicating accountability between the Director
  General and Chairperson of the Board.
• The Fund Raising Act 1978 is not in line with
  PFMA on issues of governance
• The Department, together with SASSA are
  consulting to harmonize the relief provision as
  an interim measure whilst policy issues are been
  reviewed
• The department is in the process of reviewing
  policy on Social Relief to establish one Social
  Relief Bill that would cover all relief provisions

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Background

• CDA is a statutory body, established in terms of
  the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Dependency
  Act, Act No 20 of 1992.
• Members of the CDA are appointed by the Minister
  and consist of the representatives from 15
  government departments and their entities.
• 12 other members are experts from the private
  sector, who are experts in the field of substance
  abuse

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Achievement of CDA

• Six CDA meetings were held to finalize Rules of
  CDA and Code of Conduct, Annual Report 2006/7,
  CDA Business Plan, Format for Mini Drug Master
  Plans
• National Drug Master Plan approved by Cabinet
  during October 2006
• 7 National and Provincial workshops were held to
  train representatives on how to develop
  goal-oriented Mini Drug Master Plans
• Organized the 1st Biennial Summit on Substance
  Abuse and 400 delegates attended
• Conducted Research Analysis of the substance
  abuse trends
• CDA Strategic Workshop was held and provided
  strategic direction and indicators developed
• Appointment of CDA members and the inauguration
  ceremony was held
• Provincial substance abuse forums were monitored
  and the process is continuing
• Local Drug Action committees were facilitated,
  monitored and evaluated

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Utilization of Finances

• Funds spent by the Directorate Substance Abuse
  and CDA on CDA activities during the financial
  year 2006/2007 include
• Appointment and inauguration of CDA members R25
  000,00
• CDA meetings R127 000,00
• CDA Annual Report R130 000,00
• National Drug Master Plan R122 000,00
• Visit to provincial forums and Local drug
  Committees R20 000,00
• 1st Biennial Summit on Substance Abuse R2m
• Research Analysis of the substance abuse trends
  R200 000,00.
• CDA Strategic plan workshop R6 000,00

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CDA Challenges

• There is a need to establish CDA office at
  provincial level with a dedicated CDA staff to
  coordinate provincial drug forums and local drug
  action committees and ensure that every
  responsible department is represented and
  contribute effectively.
• Due to inadequacy of funds certain activities
  could not be attended to such as National
  Database and National Clearinghouse projects
• Insufficient staff in the CDA Secretariat to
  facilitate, monitor and evaluate the National and
  Provincial Departments NDMP implementation

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DEPARTMENTAL SPENDING
98,9 Actual Spending
R000
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DIVISION OF 2006/07 DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE
R000
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2006/07 OPERATIONAL SPENDING Excluding transfer
payments
94,8 Actual Spending
R000
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DIVISION OF 2006/07 OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE
R000
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2006/07 AUDITOR-GENERAL REPORT

• Emphasis of matter
• Transitional financial arrangements for the
  shifting of the Social Assistance function from
  provinces to the National Government.
• The National Treasury issued a directive dated 21
  May 2007, which provided accounting guidelines
  following the shifting of the social assistance
  function from provincial government to national
  government.
• The unresolved balances in the provincial
  accounts that are required to be shifted to the
  national accounts as detailed in the note will be
  audited in the 2007/08 financial year when these
  balances will be included in the financial
  statements of the National Department of Social
  Development.

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Legislative Plans for the Period 2007/08

• The Childrens Act, 2005 and the Old Persons Act,
  2006
• Both Acts are not yet fully operational.
• Certain sections of the Childrens Act were
  operationalised earlier in 2007.
• Both require regulations prior to them being
  fully operationalised
• Regulations for both Acts are in the process
  being finalised
• The Childrens bill
• The Department has during August 2006 introduced
  the Childrens Bill in Parliament
• The Bill is currently being debated by the Select
  Committee for Social Services in the National
  Council of Provinces
• Indications are that the Bill may be finalised by
  end of November 2007
• Prevention of and Treatment for substance abuse
  Bill
• The Department envisages to introduce new
  legislation during march 2008 for finalization by
  end of 2008
• The Bill was submitted to cabinet during July
  2007

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Legislative Plans for the Period 2007/08

• Regulations
• The following regulations will be Finalised
  during the current financial year
• Social Assistance Act, 2004
• Childrens Act, 2005
• Older Persons Act, 2006
• Social Services Professions Act, 1978
• The Non-Profit Organisations Act, 1997were
  operationalised earlier in 2007.
• The Department also envisages to introduce new
  legislation in 2008
• Social Services Professions Legislation
• Non Profit organisation Amendment Bill
• National Development Agency Bill
• Social Assistance Amendment Bill
• Social Relief Funds Bill
• Children Amendment Bill
• Retirement Reform Legislation
• Prevention of and Treatment for substance abuse
  Bill

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