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Monthly
R2,400 / month
From 2026-04-01
I care for a child with a severe disability · SASSA
Care Dependency Grant
For a caregiver of a child with a severe disability who needs full-time care.
R2,400 / month
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Who it is for
Parent, primary caregiver or foster parent of a child under 18 with a severe disability.
State support for care of a disabled child. Not private hospital or gap cover.
Conditions
- Child
- Under 18, severe disability, needs permanent home care.
- Means test
- Higher band than Child Support — about R24,000/month single, R48,000 married (aggregator figures, April 2026). Confirm with SASSA.
Primary source first. A disputed or stale figure stays visible. Hover a rand or dollar figure for four other currencies.
Cross-checks
- agrees Everything you need to know about social grants GroundUp: R2,400 from April 2026.
- disagrees The Citizen — SASSA payment-date articles Citizen listed R2,315.
How to apply
SASSA. Medical assessment of the child. Court order if foster care.
Methodology
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Headline amounts are the National Treasury 2026 Budget figures from 1 April 2026. Cross-checks are stored on each grant. Sliding-scale means tests can pay less than the maximum. Change this row in Core SA and the Compass follows.
- Take the Budget Review amount as the maximum.
- Keep a cross-check (GroundUp, SASSA, news). If a page still lists the pre-April figure, mark it as disagreeing, do not overwrite the Budget amount.
- Means-test thresholds are aggregator figures unless SASSA publishes a table — labelled as such on the grant.
Where sources disagree
- noteThe Citizen Jul/Aug 2026 payment-date articles still listed pre-April amounts.
- noteFoster child: Budget R1,295 vs some explainers R1,290.