You will receive R480 per month for each child.
If you are in need, you may be eligible for a grant to assist you in raising the kid you care for.
How do you know whether you’re eligible?
You must also:
Be the primary caretaker for the youngster (e.g. parent, grandparent or a child over 16 heading a family). Note: If you are not the child’s biological parent, you must show documentation that you are the child’s primary caregiver in the form of an affidavit from a police official, a social worker’s report, an affidavit from the biological parent, or a letter from the principal of the child’s school.
You must be a South African national or permanent resident.
If you are single, you should not earn more than R52 800 each year. If you are married, your total annual income should not exceed R105 600.
The kid must meet the following requirements: be under the age of 18; not be cared for in a state institution; and reside with the primary caregiver who is not paid to look after the child.
You and the kid must both reside in South Africa.
Please keep in mind that you cannot get this award for more than six children who are not your biological or lawfully adopted children.
How will you be compensated?
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will pay you the grant in one of the following ways:
cash at a given pay point on a specific day electronic deposit into your bank or Postbank account (the bank may charge you for the service) a grant administrator
Note: If you are unable to collect the money personally, you can appoint a procurator or give someone power of attorney to collect the award on your behalf at the SASSA office.
When may the grant for the kid be reviewed?
SASSA can decide whether or not the child’s award should be revisited. This decision will be based on your disclosed income when you apply for the grant. You will be notified three months in advance of the date of the review or the due date of the life certificate (evidence that you are still alive). If you get your money from a bank, an institution, or a procurator, you must fill out a life certificate for the kid every year at the SASSA offices.
When may the child’s grant be revoked?
The following actions may lead to the suspension of the child’s grant:
a change in your circumstances the outcome of a review if you fail to cooperate when the kid’s grant is reviewed if you commit fraud or misrepresent the child if the child’s grant was authorized by error if the child is no longer in your care
When does the child’s grant expire?
If the kid dies, if the child is admitted to a state facility, if the caregiver does not claim it for three consecutive months, or if the child is gone from the nation at the end of the month in which the child reaches 18, the grant will cease.
What you must do
Bring the following items to the nearest South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) office: your 13-digit bar-coded identifying document (ID) and the child’s birth certificate. If you do not have an ID or the child’s birth certificate, you must fill out an affidavit in the presence of a Commissioner of Oaths who is not an SASSA official.
What if your application is denied?
If your application is not granted, SASSA will notify you in writing of the reason for the rejection.
If you disagree with the decision, you can appeal to the Minister of Social Development at the Department of Social Development’s national headquarters. You must file an appeal within 90 days after being told that your application was denied.
How much time does it take?
Your application may take up to three months to be processed.
If your grant is granted, you will be paid beginning on the day you applied.
