An initiative to draft a child care and protection policy to underpin the Children’s Act and Amendments
- The DSD ‘Children’s Act’ team has commissioned the policy
- The project is part of the Government Capacity Building Support (GCBS) which is funded by USAID and is a consortium between PACT SA and Mott Macdonald
- This project links to the 6th component of the GCBS program, namely ‘Support and strengthen the child protection response framework’
- The purpose of the project is to provide technical support in developing a first draft of a child care and protection policy in collaboration with DSD and relevant stakeholders, which will inform amendments to the Children’s Act