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THE Social Development Department say they are in process of finalising the Early Childhood Development stimulus employment relief fund payments.
Social Development spokeswoman, Lumka Oliphant, said following the national call from the Department of Social Development for all Early Childhood Development programmes to apply for the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund (ECD-ESRF), verification and payments are now being processed for qualifying ECDs.
She said the department received 28 283 applications which translates to 125 407 staff members by the end of the closing date. As part of the cleaning and removal of duplicate applications amongst others, the number of applications on the system is 25 571 applications with 116 102 staff members.
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The ECD sector is calling for an extension for applications for relief funding.
The ECD Stimulus Relief Fund makes R496 million available to assist ECD facilities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, the application process is not user friendly, leading to delays, the industry has argued.
Organisations in the early childhood development (ECD) sector are calling on the government to extend the deadline for applications to the ECD Stimulus Relief Fund.
The deadline for applications is Friday and the process opened on 5 February. Payments are expected to be finalised before the end of the financial year on 31 March.
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The R496-million fund aims to assist ECD facilities, including crèches, day care services and nurseries, that were hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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