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In 2019, an estimated 18 million people received some form of social grant provided by the government. [2] Social welfare programmes have a long history in South Africa. [3] The earliest form of social welfare programme in South Africa is the poor relief distributed by the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in 1657. [4]
The social assistance disbursed by SASSA takes the form of various grants; most of them are means-tested and paid in cash on a monthly basis. These are the Child Support Grant, the Care Dependency Grant, the Foster Child Grant, the Disability Grant, the Grant-in-Aid, the Older Person's Grant (an old-age pension), and the War Veteran's Grant. [6]
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The article argues that payday loan rollovers lead low income individuals into a debt-cycle where they will need to borrow additional funds to pay the fees associated with the debt rollover. [54] Of the states that allow payday lending, 22 states do not allow borrowers to rollover their debt and only three states allow unlimited rollovers. [27]
In her budget vote speech on 2 May 2012, [10] the Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, conceded that the South African Social Security Agency ("SASSA") has incomplete information on beneficiary details, and that the social grant system is prone to fraud and misappropriation of funds. In a country where social assistance touches ...
Child care assistance helps families succeed financially. [1] When families receive child care assistance they are more likely to be employed and to have higher earnings. Approximately 1.8 million children [2] receive CCDBG-funded child care in an average month. Yet, only one in seven eligible children receives child care assistance. [3]
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013 would reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 through FY2019. [ 3 ] The bill would revise the Act to allow a joint interagency office, designated by the governor, to serve as the lead agency for a state desiring to receive a community services programs child care ...