1 25 June 2003 PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WORK IN PROGRESS RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT

2 LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES AND PROGRESS TO DATE

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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

8 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

9 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.

10 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

11 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

12 Social Welfare Services

13 Draft Older Persons Bill Purpose This Bill intends to repeal the Aged Persons Act 81 of 1967 Main 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

14 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 Bill 2) Presentations to the Portfolio Committee and NCOP Select Committee 3) Preliminary budget costing exercise

15 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

16 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

17 Intergovernmental fiscal implications Justice Sector The responsibilities associated with holding enquiries Possible increase in the number of courts due to rights granted by the Bill Health Sector Funding of basic health services Responding to decisions made with respect to older persons in need of care

18 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 Sept 2003Draft Bill to be tabled in Parliament

19 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

20 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

21 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.

22 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.

23 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

24 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

25 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

26 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

27 Number of child headed households receiving HCBC projects services Total * Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga366- Northern Cape43231 Limpopo North West Western Cape55870 * Mpumalanga data not available yet : First rapid appraisal of Home community based care (HCBC) projects (from August 2001 to March 2002) : Follow-up of the first study on the HCBCs (from October 2002 to May 2003, except Mpumalanga)

28 Allocations from

29 Expenditure on 2002/3 allocations

30 Progress on Indicators

31 Progress on indicators  1213 care givers received stipends, between R225 and R500  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

32 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

33 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

34 Rapid rollout of HCBC  Move to universal approach % 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

35 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

36 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

37 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

38 Funding of Welfare Services

39 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

40 Introduction 2 Key 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

41 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

42 Introduction 4: Outputs of Review Transformation agenda to include following Outputs: 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 2 nd and 3 rd Outputs)

43 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

44 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

45 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

46 Time frames Developing an uniform funding formulaJuly 2003 Approval of Business plan - Aug 2003 Appointment of project mgr - Sept 2003 Finalisation of Funding policyDec 2003 Finalisation of Norms and Standards Mar 2003

47 Child Protection DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION inclusive ofDEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION inclusive of PROTOCOLS TO MANAGE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECTPROTOCOLS TO MANAGE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CHILD PROTECTION REGISTERCHILD PROTECTION REGISTER 25 June 2003

48 NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION AIMS : To continuously reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect in South AfricaTo continuously reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect in South Africa To ensure the effective management of presenting cases of abuse and neglect so as to prevent the further maltreatment of the children concerned and to promote the healing of these children and their familiesTo ensure the effective management of presenting cases of abuse and neglect so as to prevent the further maltreatment of the children concerned and to promote the healing of these children and their families

49 NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION Progress : Draft Nat Strategy on Child Abuse revised and converted into a draft National Policy and a National Strategic Plan on the management of Child Abuse, neglect and exploitationDraft Nat Strategy on Child Abuse revised and converted into a draft National Policy and a National Strategic Plan on the management of Child Abuse, neglect and exploitation Child Protection Register developedChild Protection Register developed Protocols revised and will be submitted for approvalProtocols revised and will be submitted for approval

50 NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION Timeframes : Provincial Protocols approved2001 Approval of revised Protocols30 Nov 03 Roll out of CPRJuly 2003 Finalisation of policy and strategyAug 2003 Costing of policy and strategyOct 2003 Approval30 Nov 03