Through the Department of Social Development the child support grant, CSG, has had a significant impact on the wellbeing of vulnerable children. A study conducted by the department, the SA Social Security Agency, Sassa, and the United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef, found that the child support grant promotes early childhood development, reduces stunting, improves school retention and school outcomes, increases access to health care, lowers the risk of child labour, especially for girls, and lowers risky adolescent behaviour for the most vulnerable children. Therefore, it reduces poverty and vulnerability and helps to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty.