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Applications must be made online.
The application form can be found in mid-January (when activated) at the Work and Income website. The link will be posted here when it is available each year.
If you do not have a computer you can visit a W & I office and they will assist you or alternatively call GRG's office on 09 4183753 between 9am and 2pm weekdays and we will help do this for you. Please have your Work and Income Client ID number handy.
It is very simple and will only take a few minutes. Payment will be in your bank a/c within 3 days.
The School and Year Start-up Payment is available to people who are caring for someone else's child and helps with the costs that mostly happen at the beginning of the year, in particular pre-school and school-related costs such as clothing, school fees and stationery.
The amount paid (indicative rates below) is based on the age of the child at the end of February.
Age of child (at end of February) |
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2017 |
0 - 4 years |
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$400 |
5 - 9 years |
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$450 |
10 - 13 years |
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$500 |
14 years and over |
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$550 |