Payment

Community Costs is a non-taxable payment that can be paid to clients in short-term residential treatment programmes to help them to reintegrate into the community at the end of their treatment.

Community Costs is paid directly to the client.

If the intended duration of a treatment programme is more than 39 weeks then Community Costs is not payable.

Note the client and their partner (if any) should not receive any more in total financially (excluding an amount equivalent to the personal allowance) than they did prior to the client entering the treatment programme.

Community Costs is paid as a Miscellaneous Subsidy using reason code 513 RSS In community costs.

For more information see:

• Deciding what rate to pay
• Factors to consider when deciding costs
• Maximum weekly amount payable
• Period of payment of Community Costs
• Calculating rate when partner in the community

Also see:

• Changes and reviews