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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Services to Persons with Disabilities
Outcome Empowered, resilient individuals, families, and sustainable communities
Outputs Output indi- Actual Achievement 2019/20 Actual Achievement Annual target 2021/22 Actual Outputs 2021/22 Reasons for Deviation from
cator 2020/21 2021/22 target
Policy on So- Policy and Draft The two (2) national strategic framework Policy on Social Develop- Submit Policy on Social Policy on Social Development Services The revised Policy by the
cial Develop- Bill on Social on self-representation and public ment services to persons Development Services to to Persons with Disabilities has not editor lacked a Chapter on
ment Services Development awareness campaigns have been revised with Disabilities was not Persons with Disabilities to been finalized and was therefore not programmes addressing policy
to Persons with Services to and updated. The frameworks are due for finalised and therefore not Cabinet for approval submitted to Cabinet for approval. issues that requires inter-sec-
Disabilities Persons with consultation by affected sectors. submitted to Cabinet for The Policy was presented to the toral and interdepartmental
Disabilities approval Executive and peer reviewed through collaboration. Executive
approved a panel of experts to ensure that it buy-in and policy peer review
reflects programmatic interventions for by the panel of experts was
beneficiaries. critical in order to beef up
The Policy was edited in order to policy quality and ensure
respond to core policy issues through alignment to social develop-
conducting research, document review ment programmes, addressing
of policies, strategies and interviews disability specific needs and
with provincial coordinators. mainstreaming considerations.
The Socio-Economic Impact Assess-
ment (SEAIS) Report was finalized
and submitted to DMPE resulting in
obtaining approval certificate to table
the Policy at Cabinet for approval
Guidelines on Guidelines on The following submissions and work was Guidelines on Respite Care Submit the Guidelines on The Guidelines on Respite care No deviation
Respite care Respite care done during the reporting period; A sub- Services to Families and Respite care services for services for Families of Children
services to services to mission proving clarity and motivation on Persons with Disabilities Families of and Persons with Disabilities were
Families and Families and issues raised by EXCO, including a distinc- was not finalised and children and Persons with approved. An implementation plan for
Persons with Persons with tion between this sectoral Policy that will piloted through virtual Disabilities for approval the guidelines was also developed and
Disabilities Disabilities inform much needed legislation and the platforms and implementation approved together with the guidelines.
approved transversal White paper on the Rights of The Respite care baseline survey was
Persons with Disabilities was developed undertaken, where a questionnaire was
and approved by the Minister. Cabinet developed and administered.
Memorandum and the SEIAS Report that An analysis report has been developed
will accompany the tabling of the Policy and will be used to guide the devel-
at the Social Cluster and were drafted. The opment of the methodologies and
SEIAS Report is awaiting approval from capacity building programmes for the
DPME. The Costing Report on the Policy DSD officials in the implementation of
was finalized. the Respite Care Services.
Strategies to overcome underperformance
An appraisal meeting on the revised Policy with the Executive, whose buy-in, is key to policy tabling at Cabinet has been prioritized and is being coordinated to take place urgently

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