Child care assistance for my poor niece?

[yonnie]

hello guys,

dont know if anybody here is up with the latest in child care support.

my niece is a solo mum with a 2 yr old child and gets family assistence ofcourse but no Centrelink benefits, because she is not a Australian citizen.

To make ends meet she cleans the local high school for 3 hours a day and the family looks after her son during that time.

She would like to work more hours but would she be entitled to child care assistence if:

she is not an Australian citizen
she has no Centrelink benefit

thanks for your help

 

[alankew]

yonnie we are not citizens but we are permanent residents but still qualify for centrelink payments-theye were also backdated to the time when we became residents but hadnt started claiming.Know this probably doesnt help but just something to think on.Al

 

[BIG BWACULL]

Couple o links that may help you work out where you stand CHEERS hope all goes well
Resident requirements
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/payments/qual_res_nsa.htm

Newly arrived
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/factors/newly_arrived.htm
And when shes on her feet invest in stocks

 

[yonnie]

And when shes on her feet invest in stocks

Hi BIG

thanks for the link, just what I was looking for.

BTW when shes on her feet she`ll probably invest in socks, not stocks