social distress grant 2023-2024

Social alleviation of distress is a short form of aid that is available to people who are in such extreme financial need that they are unable to meet their own or their family’s most basic necessities.
Social Relief of Distress is available to South African citizens and permanent residents who meet one or more of the requirements below and have limited resources.

The applicant anticipates receiving payment of an authorized social aid.
For less than six months, the applicant has been deemed medically unable to perform remunerative work.
The application is submitted within three months of the breadwinner’s passing.
A parent, child, or spouse who is obligated by law to pay maintenance is not contacted, and there is proof that attempts to contact them have been unsuccessful.
The family’s primary provider has been admitted to a facility with state funding (prison, psychiatric hospital, state home for older persons, treatment center for substance abuse, or child and youth care center).
The Disaster Management Act or the Fund Raising Act, both of which were passed in 1978, both of which define a disaster, have had an impact on the application.
The person is not receiving assistance from any other entity or person.
Applying for social alleviation of distress will save you from unnecessary misery.

The Social Relief of Distress Period (New Policy)

For a maximum of three months, Social Relief of Distress is distributed once every month. A further three-month extension can be given in rare cases.
Keep in mind that someone who has received a social grant is not qualified to receive help for social distress. The value of the social assistance must be returned by anyone who gets both grants and social assistance. All future social assistance payments, including arrears, will be deducted from this amount. If the receiver of the social grant also got aid in the event of a disaster, the money will not be reimbursed.

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