About This Form

The chart is useful if you have a pay rise or your hours of work have dropped – you can use the chart and see if you still fall within a payment band.

How to Use This Form

To get Working for Families you’ll need to:

• have a dependent child or children in your care under the age of 18 or between 18 and 19 and still at school or in tertiary study
• be the principal caregiver
• be aged 16 or older
• meet the residency requirements.

You are entitled to payments up until a child turns 18. If the child is still at school or in tertiary study when they turn 18 you can get payments until 31 December of that year.

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