Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 8 : Prevention and Early Intervention145. Strategy for securing prevention and early intervention programmes |
| 1) | The Minister, after consultation with interested persons, and the Ministers of Education, Finance, Health, Provincial and Local Government and Transport, must include in the departmental strategy a comprehensive national strategy aimed at securing the provision of prevention and early intervention programmes to families, parents, care-givers and children across the Republic. |
| 2) | The MEC for social development must within the national strategy referred to in subsection (1) provide for a provincial strategy aimed at the provision of properly resourced, co-ordinated and managed prevention and early intervention programmes. |
| 3) | The MEC for social development must compile a provincial profile at the prescribed intervals in order to make the necessary information available for the development and review of the strategies referred to in subsections (1) and (2). |