What payments can families get from the Family Assistance Office?
The Family Assistance Office administers family assistance payments, including:
- Family Tax Benefit Part A - helps families with the cost of raising children
- Family Tax Benefit Part B - helps single income families including sole parents
- Child Care Benefit - helps families with the cost of child care
- Child Care Tax Rebate - (for child care costs incurred on or after 1 July 2006) - additional help for working families with the cost of child care.
- Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance - extra help with the cost of approved child care for eligible parents undertaking activities such as work, job search, training, study or rehabilitation as part of an activity agreement, to help them enter or re-enter the workforce.
- Baby Bonus - is money to help with the extra costs of a new baby (including adopted and still born babies) born on or after 1 July 2004
- Maternity Immunisation Allowance - is a payment for your children aged 18-24 months who are fully immunised or have an approved exemption from immunisation
- Large Family Supplement - if you get Family Tax Benefit for three or more children, this will be added to your Family Tax Benefit for each child after the second
- Multiple Birth Allowance - if three or more of your children were born at the same time, this can be added to your Family Tax Benefit until the children turn 16 years of age; or if at least three of the children are in full time study, until the end of the calendar year in which they turn 18 years of age.
- Rent Assistance - can give you extra help with your rent or accommodation costs if you are receiving more than the base rate of Family Tax Benefit Part A and paying rent in the private rental market.
- Health Care Cards - you will automatically be issued with a Health Care Card if you are entitled to receive the maximum rate of Family Tax Benefit Part A and get your payments through the Family Assistance Office
- Double Orphan Pension - can provide you with additional assistance to bring up children who are orphans.
You may also be eligible to receive other payments through Centrelink. To find out more, visit the Centrelink website.
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