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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial YearPartial Care Services A total of 860 children benefited from funded Special Day Care Centres and 538 children accessed newly registered Partial Care Facilities to provide reception, protection, development and partial care to children, Child and Youth Care Centres In terms of the Children%u2019s Act, 38 of 2005, as amended, a total of 1 378 children in need of care and protection have accessed residential care programmes in the funded Child and Youth Care Centres in all the 6 districts and 2 metros. Community Based Care Services for Children In Strengthening the provision of Child Care and Protection Services through the provision of awareness, prevention and early intervention services against Violence, Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation (VCANE), a total of 19 642 beneficiaries were reached through Community- Based Prevention and Early Intervention Programmes that are implemented in 19 RISIHA sites and 27 Drop-In Centres. RISIHA means %u201cresilience%u201d in Xitsonga and is a community-based child protection, prevention and early intervention programme, aimed at protecting orphans and vulnerable children, including those living in child and youth headed households, children with chronic health conditions, as well as those living and working on the streets. Crime Prevention The department reached a total of 61 562 persons through Social Crime Prevention Programmes and rendered life skills, therapeutic, educational, and vocational programmes to 370 children in conflict with the law who accessed secure care programmes. A total of 324 persons in conflict with the law completed Diversion Programmes. Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP) Pillar 4 of the NSP-GBVF (Response, Care, Support and Healing) which the department is leading, 235 Victims of gender-based violence, crime, human trafficking and abuse were admitted in funded VEP shelters and benefitted from services provided. The department supported and strengthened 15 201 victims of crime and violence. A total of 102 868 persons were reached through Gender Based Violence Prevention Programmes in order to fight crime and violence. Substance Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Integrated Social Crime Prevention programmes were implemented reaching a total of 75 333people. Those who participated in these Crime Prevention Programmes are equipped with skills to identify risks associated with crime and avoid them, they may also influence positively those they may meet. These programmes were implemented in the identified hotspot areas across the province, including the poorest ward. Beneficiaries include children at risk both at school and out of school, and community members both male and female. In partnership with National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of offenders (NICRO), the Department implemented social reintegration programme reaching a total of two hundred and ninety-eight (298) persons in conflict with the law sentenced and awaiting trial in Child and Youth Care Centres in Buffalo City and Nelson Mandela Metros accessed vocational skills training such as hair-cutting, tiling, bricklaying, carpentry, welding and sewing. They were also equipped with life skills and restorative justice programmes so that when they are reintegrated back into their communities, they are responsible citizens who can lead independent lives and have opportunities in life. 247