SASSA helps families who take care of disabled children by giving them money each month. This support is for parents & caregivers who look after kids under 18 years old with serious disabilities. These children need constant help from others in their daily life. The money helps pay for many things like doctor visits school fees and transport costs. In 2025 SASSA will increase this grant from R2310 to R2,320. This new amount starts in October 2025 as part of a plan to raise all social grants by R10. Even though the increase is small it shows that the government wants to keep supporting families during tough times. This help will continue & the total support keeps growing bit by bit.
Full Eligibility Checklist for the SASSA Care Dependency Grant 2025
To get a Care Dependency Grant you need to meet these rules:
– You must live in South Africa and be a citizen or have legal permission to stay.
– You need to be the real parent or legal guardian of the child.
– The child must be younger than 18 and live at home with you. A doctor must confirm that your child has a serious disability that needs full-time care.
There are also rules about how much money you can earn. If you’re single you can’t earn more than R223200 per year. If you’re married the limit is R446,400 per year. These money limits don’t apply to foster parents. The income rules also don’t count if you’re an adoptive parent.
Residency Rule: Caregiver and Child Must Live in South Africa
SASSA can check your situation again at any time. This includes looking at your child’s health income and care needs. If anything changes with your child’s health or care arrangements SASSA might review or stop the benefits. We will let you know if this happens.
How Will You Receive the R2,310 Grant Payment in 2025?
You can get your grant money each month in different ways.
– SASSA can send it straight to your bank account or Postbank account.
– You can also pick up cash at SASSA payment locations.
– If you work with a charity or organization that helps with child care they can receive the money for you.
If you can’t collect the grant yourself because you’re sick or can’t move around easily, you can choose someone else to get it for you. Just make sure to tell SASSA about this person first & register them as your helper.
What to Do If Your Living or Financial Situation Changes
Your monthly payments can stop or be put on hold for these reasons:
– When your child turns 18 dies or moves into a state facility full-time
– If you don’t collect your payments for 3 months straight
– If you don’t help during checks or fail to give us the papers we need
– If we find out you lied or cheated on your application
– If your child’s health or care needs change and they don’t need full-time care anymore
If we deny your payments you can fight this decision. You have 90 days to send an appeal to the Social Development Minister. Make sure to explain why you think we should change our decision.
