Qualifications

To get a Training Incentive Allowance, a client must be getting:

• Emergency Benefit and be a sole parent
• Emergency Maintenance Allowance
• Sole Parent Support
• Supported Living Payment - caring for a person
• Supported Living Payment health condition, injury or disability
• Young Parent Payment and be a sole parent
• Jobseeker Support and be a sole parent (part-time study only):

and

• be aged between 16 and 64 or
• be 65 years or over, and not be qualified to get New Zealand Superannuation

and

• meet the residence requirements

and

• be enrolled in a recognised course of study that increases the client's skills for employment and is:
  • Level 1 to 7 on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NZQF) and
  • 12 weeks or longer

and

• if the client has completed a level 7 NZQF qualification in the past 5 years, the Ministry of Social Development must be satisfied that further assistance will significantly improve the client's employment outcomes in the future

Note the partner of a client getting Supported Living Payment cannot get a Training Incentive Allowance unless they qualify for Supported Living Payment in their own right.