The department is responsible for the support of value addition initiatives by affirmative action groups, social cultural development and nurturing of talent for affirmative action groups including promotion of the arts, music or sports. It also coordinates and facilitates the enhancement of access to services for survivors of gender-based violence, female genital mutilation, child marriages or forced marriages and victims of substance and drug abuse through the establishment of rescue, legal aid, drugs and substance rehabilitation and counselling centers and offers support of affirmative action groups through bursaries and scholarships to access education opportunities. It has three (3) Divisions: 

1. Socio-Economic and Cultural Development Division;
2.  Bursaries and Scholarships Division and 
3. Rehabilitation and Counselling Services Division.