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How much money can you get (for social grants for children below 18 years)?

Checklist: If the person received a grant payment in the past but payment has stopped

Checklist: Child Support Grant

Checklist: Social grants for adults 18 years and older

Checklist: General questions about social grant applications

Model letter: Application for Social Relief of Distress Grant

Model letter: Letter to the Regional SASSA office

Model letter: Letter of appeal to SASSA

Problem 16: Grandmother is being paid to take care of a child

Problem 15: Grant beneficiary’s circumstances change and she does not report this to SASSA

Problem 14: Foster Child Grant is terminated because social worker does not extend the foster child court order

Problem 13: SASSA officers are rude to grant applicants

Problem 12: Applying for back pay

Problem 11: SASSA pay point runs out of money

Problem 10: Grant stops when not collected

Problem 9: Getting a new power of attorney or procurator

Problem 8: Person receiving an Older Person’s Grant needs full-time care

Problem 7: Shops refuse to honour vouchers given as a Social Relief of Distress Grant

Problem 6: Applicant wants to apply for a Disability Grant and Child Support Grant but does not have the correct documents

Problem 5: Moving from one place to another

How do you apply for a grant?

When does the grant stop or lapse?

PRIVATE WELFARE AND SERVICE ORGANISATIONS

Child Welfare South Africa

Family and Marriage Society of South Africa (FAMSA)

National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders (NICRO)

Problem 1: Application for grant turned down

Problem 2: Not having a bank account

Problem 3: Bribery and social grants

Problem 4: Long delay in getting grant

What can you use for proof of identity?

When can you apply?

Where can you apply?

APPLYING FOR A SOCIAL GRANT

COVID-19 Special Social Relief of Distress Grant (R370 GRANT)

Applying for the Social Relief of Distress Grant

Who can apply for the Social Relief of Distress Grant?

SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS GRANT

Care Dependency Grant (CDG)

Foster Child Grant

Child Support Grant (CSG)

Maintenance and social grants

SOCIAL GRANTS FOR CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 18 YEARS

Military Veterans Pension

Who cannot get a grant?

The means test for adult social assistance grants

How much money can you get (for social grants for adults over 18 years)?

Who can apply for a grant?

SOCIAL GRANTS FOR ADULTS WHO ARE 18 YEARS AND OLDER

Types of social grants

Laws that apply to social welfare

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL GRANTS

APPLYING FOR A SOCIAL GRANT

This section covers:

Where can you apply?
When can you apply?
What can you use for proof of identity?
How do you apply for a grant?
Getting paid
When does the grant stop or lapse?

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