Foster Child Grant in South Africa - SASSA
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on Social Grants you can find on the official SASSA website mentioned on this page.
Foster Child Grant
The Foster Child Grant is administered by your local SASSA office (South African Social Security Agency).
To be eligible both you and the foster child must
be resident in South Africa at the time of making the application.
The foster child must be under the age of 18
years old.
Furthermore there must an order of the court
stating that you as the foster parent(s) have officially been designated
the child's foster carer in terms of the Child Care Act.
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Financial Requirements
Eligible people
do have to meet certain financial requirements as the "means test".
The "means-test" for the Foster Child grant depends only on the
income of the foster child. The income in a year of the foster child
must be less than two times the annual amount of the foster child
grant.
As of April 2020, the Foster Child Grant is Rand
1,040 per month. If you want to recieve the grant the child must live with you in South
Africa, must be under the age of 18 and you must be the primary care giver.
As the South African courts usually appoint
foster parents for a 2-year period the grant is usially given for 2
years only.
After 2 years, children are often placed with
other foster parents, adopted or returned to their parents.
If this is not the case a social worker has the
ability to extend the grant depending circumstances..
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Visit the official website of SASSA: www.sassa.gov.za
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
During the emergency period in South Africa as a result of the coronavirus / covid-19, changes may occur in
the opening times of the South African Social Security offices.
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