Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Details for Mechanism ID: 17017
Country/Region: South Africa
Year: 2013
Main Partner: National Association of Childcare Workers - South Africa
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $4,046,785

NACCW will support the Department of Social Development (DSD) to create safe and caring families that meet children needs through the delivery of high quality community based services provided by trained child and youth care workers (CYCW). NACCW will provide technical support to DSD to roll out and scale up the Isibindi model in a standardized way to meet the needs of OVC. In collaboration with the DSD in all nine provinces, NACCW will train and mentor new CYC workers in providing prevention, early intervention and child protection services to OVC. The Isibindi model is a comprehensive OVC response to provide essential community based services to OVC. Aligned to Government policy the model responds holistically to childrens needs while at the same time developing and strengthening the social service workforce serving children. The model trains and employs community based CYCW to supervise child and youth headed households while also providing tailored developmental and therapeutic support to children living in other vulnerable households. The model a social franchise where community based partners organizations are able to adopt and implement a tried and tested model aligned with government, that ensures adherence to service provision standards and produces measurable results. NACCW will facilitate and have a quality assurance role, training and mentoring community based organizations on service delivery guidelines, standards, financial management, monitoring and evaluation. Key components of the Isibindi model include an adolescent development program, a disability program, safe parks for vulnerable children, home visiting, early childhood development and a strong focus on transition to adulthood for young women and men that are caring for younger siblings.

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $4,046,785

Under this activity the NACCW will support the Department of Social Development (DSD) to create safe and caring communities caring for children in the context of HIV and AIDS through the delivery of community based child and youth care services to OVC by trained child and youth care workers (CYCW). As NACCW provides support to the DSD to scale up and roll out the Isibindi model and train new CYCW a key focus will be on supporting DSD to incorporate indicators measuring numbers of CYCW trained and services provided to OVC into a national M&E system. NACCW has developed a successful system of monitoring and evaluating their current 67 Isibindi projects. For scale up intensive planning, coordination and implementation of a national M&E system in partnership with DSD will be required. Regular monitoring and evaluation of all Isbindi projects is a key component of this program with a baseline evaluation underway in 2013.2300 CYC workers will be trained by December 2014 and over 40,000 children will be provided with high quality services. In addition the CYCW will be provided with in services training to improve their skills in grief work; family preservation, stimulation and education of the 1 to 6 year age group; disability awareness and succession planning. A continued emphasis on care for the caregiver will be maintained throughout this program.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $4,512,099
Gender: Gender Based Violence (GBV) $232,657
Gender: Gender Equality $232,657
Human Resources for Health $4,046,785
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Increase gender equity in HIV prevention, care, treatment and support