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Tables 16 and 17 above show the summary of payments and budget estimates for Programme 3 per sub-
programme and per economic classification respectively. Expenditure increased from R622.405 million in
2019/20 to a revised estimate of R646.785 million in the 2022/23 financial year. In 2023/24, the budget
increases by 0.7 per cent from R646.785 million to R651.261 million due to increased stipend for care givers
rendering family programmes.
Expenditure on compensation of employees increased from R457.008 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate
of R501.128 million in 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget decreases by 0.5 per cent from R501.128 million
to R498.434 million due to the discontinued funding for cash gratuity in the 2023 MTEF period.
Expenditure on goods and services decreased from R12.948 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R9.573 million in 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget decreases by 14.0 per cent from R9.573 million to R8.233
million due to a higher revised estimate in 2022/23.

Expenditure on transfers and subsidies decreased from R152.422 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R136.079 million in 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget increases by 6.3 per cent from R136.079 million to
R144.589 million due to increased stipend for care givers rendering family programmes.

Expenditure on payments for capital assets decreased from R27 thousand in 2019/20 to a revised estimate
of R5 thousand in 2022/23. In 2023/24, there is a budget of R5 thousand on payment for capital assets, there
is no increase.

8.3.1 Service Delivery Measures

Table 18: Selected service delivery measures for the programme: P3: Children and Families
Estimated
performance Medium-term estimates
Programme performance measures 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26

3.2.1 Number of family members participating in Family Preservation Services. 15 932 21 488 23 184 25 501
3.3.2 Number of children placed with valid foster care orders 67 745 54 406 57 126 59 982
3.3.3 Number of children placed in foster care 3 013 3 063 3 216 3 522

3.5.1 Number of children in need of care and protection in funded Child and Youth Care Centres 1 418 1 423 1 494 1 636

3.6.1 Number of children reached through community based prevention and early intervention programmes 24 292 25 045 26 297 27 612
Table 18 above shows the selected service delivery measures. In 2023/24, 21 488 families are targeted to
participate in Family Preservation Services. Number of children in placed with valid foster care orders is 54
406 whilst number of childe in foster care is 3 063.The number of children in need of care and protection in
Child and Youth Care Centres is planned to be 1 423. Children to be reached through community based
prevention is targeted at 25 045 in 2023/24.

8.4 Programme 4: Restorative Services

Objectives: To provide integrated developmental social crime prevention and anti-substance abuse services
to the most vulnerable in partnership with stakeholders and civil society organisations.
The programme consists of four sub-programmes, namely:

x Management and Support: Provide for the payment of salaries and administration cost of the
management and support staff providing services across all sub-programmes of this programme;
x Crime Prevention and Support: Develop and implement social crime prevention programmes and
provide probation services targeting children, youth and adult offenders and victims within the criminal
justice process;
x Victim Empowerment: Design and implement integrated programmes and services to support, care and
empower victims of violence and crime in particular women and children; and
x Substance Abuse, Prevention and Rehabilitation: Design and implement integrated services for
substance abuse, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

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