The Children’s Institute has focused on social assistance policy and law reform since 2000.
Key activities included:
The Institute's partnership with ACESS focused on the national policy reform process, the review of the Social Assistance Act and the extension of the Child Support Grant (CSG).
Major policy and law-reform achievements since the project began:
Further reading
The case for universal child support
Rosa S & Meintjes H 2004
In ChildrenFIRST, Issue No. 58, November/December 2004
Extending the Child Support Grant to children under 18 years
Rosa S & Meintjes H 2004
Fact sheet prepared for the Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security, September 2004.
Counting on children: Realising the right to social assistance for child-headed households in South Africa
Rosa S August 2004
CI working paper number 3
Granting assistance: An analysis of the Child Support Grant and its extension to seven- and eight-year-olds
Leatt A May 2004
CI working paper number 2
Extension of the CSG to children under 14 years: Monitoring report
Rosa S, Mpokoto C March 2004
Produced jointly with the Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security.
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