Social Development

 

The target determination in the Annual Performance Plan is linked to the budget of the substance abuse program. There may be a variance at times between actual validated data and the targets as set in the Annual Performance Plan. The expenditure on NPO funding increased since 2014 to the current 2018/2019 expenditure of R63 352 million. 

This is the validated data from NPO funding allocations since 2014 and a summary of age, race, gender and area of residence:  

Intervention level	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	Total  per Level
Awareness and Prevention (3 Organisations FASD)	1440	1455	5450	6156	14501
Early Intervention	3559	4360	3350	4593	15862
Community Based Treatment	2350	2503	2940	3227	11020
Inpatient Treatment	484	505	541	594	2124
Aftercare and Reintegration	2120	1441	1370	1713	6644

 

In summary,the total number of drug-related cases responded to by the Department for Social Development is 50 151.

The current non-financial data is not geared to generate statistical information for NPO funding in relation to ages, gender, race groups and geographical areas. [1]

According to SACENDU (South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use) reports where a significant number of funded organisations and facilities reports to the following data were gathered. In the period from 2014 and 2017 it was recorded that each year that in terms of gender in relation to admissions 73% was male, whilst 27% was female. Coloured is the highest racial group accessing service in all the years, with blacks second highest, with no significant difference between whites that are third highest. Indians show a 1% treatment access rate. Age groups between 15 and 29 are the highest groups of service users accessing treatment services.[2] 

Services are mostly concentrated in the metropolitan area where there is a higher prevalence of substance use. Services to rural areas are continuously being expanded in the last few 5 years.[3]   

 

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