Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 8 : Prevention and Early Intervention143. Prevention and early intervention programmes |
| (1) | Prevention programmes means programmes— |
| (a) | designed to serve the purposes mentioned in section 144; and |
| (b) | provided to families with children in order to strengthen and build their capacity and self-reliance to address problems that may or are bound to occur in the family environment which, if not attended to, may lead to statutory intervention. |
| (2) | Early intervention programmes means programmes— |
| (a) | designed to serve the purposes mentioned in section 144; and |
| (b) | provided to families where there are children identified as being vulnerable to or at risk of harm or removal into alternative care. |