. The State has and continues to fail to provide adequate child care facilities and more effort is required in this regard as many children are left unattended in communities and are therefore considered to be vulnerable and at risk. . Foster-care and Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC) orders and grants/subsidies have been lapsing and children's security and placement resultantly compromised. . It is known that Form 39s have not been issued by at least one local State Welfare Department due to inefficiencies (a requirement by Court when a Form 36 - emergency order - is issued and placement is being made in temporary safe care (As a result the court, being aware of the problem, requested the NGO concerned to do an affidavit so that the court could over-ride this requirement). . The Department of Social Development has given insufficient attention to the lack of adequate alternative care facilities for children particularly in respect of special needs children. Most facilities are managed by NGOs with subsidies from the Department of Social Development (efforts in some provinces to address this growing problem date back 10yrs and have not been adequately addressed). . In the last country report, the UN Committee expressed its concern (concluding observation 250) regarding insufficient care facilities for previously disadvantaged groups. Whilst Government research indicates available bed facilities, the distribution and availability of such in the provinces in most need of such is found to be wanting. There appears to be an oversupply in some areas e.g. Gauteng and an under supply in others e.g. KwaZulu-Natal. The major costing implications and challenges were noted as follows: