Special Needs Grant : Contents

• Introduction
• Qualifications
  • Deciding ordinarily resident
  • Permanent residence
    • Proof of residence
      • Immigration status and supporting documents
  • Other sources of assistance
    • Interface with advances
  • Exceptional circumstances
  • Income limit
    • Income limit - New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran's Pension clients
  • Cash asset limits
    • Cash assets
  • Essential needs
    • Driver Licence
      • Renewals of existing driver licences
      • New driver licences
      • Reinstating driver licences 
        • Classes of driver licence
        • Types of licence endorsement
        • Maximum amount payable
    • Essential dental treatment
      • Essential dental treatment costs covered
      • Dental treatment costs not covered
      • Payment after treatment and reimbursements
      • Other help available
      • Maximum payment for essential dental treatment
        • Exceeding the maximum payment in a 52-week period for essential dental treatment
      • Exceptional circumstances - additional considerations for essential dental treatment
    • Food
      • Maximum payment for food
    • Vasectomies and termination of pregnancies
      • Pregnancy terminations
      • Terminations for dependent children
      • Private hospital fees
      • Vasectomies
    • Laser therapy for the removal of birthmarks
    • Wigs and hairpieces
      • Sector Services process
    • Health travel costs
      • Attendants costs
      • Cover under Accident Rehabilitation and Insurance
      • National Travel Assistance scheme
    • Designated health practitioner assessment travel
    • Bedding
    • Effluent Treatment System maintenance and repair
  • Emergency needs
    • Ambulance fees
    • Emergency medical treatment
    • Identification document fees
    • Accompanying medical treatment overseas
    • Emergency medical equipment
    • Water tank refill
    • Other emergency grants
  • Payments to people in specific circumstances
    • International Custody Dispute Payment
      • Application procedure - International Custody Dispute Payment
      • International Custody Dispute proof
      • Payment rate - International Custody Dispute Payment
      • How to pay-International Custody Dispute Payment
      • International Custody Dispute Payment and income
    • Re-establishment grants
      • Refugee, protected person, Afghan interpreter or Afghan evacuee
        • Payment of refugee, protected person, Afghan interpreter or Afghan evacuee re-establishment grants
        • Maximum amounts payable
        • Calculation of maximum amounts payable
        • Fridges, freezers and washing machines
      • Family violence - Sole parents
      • Long term patients
      • Steps to Freedom
        • Entering residential facility
        • Payment of Steps to Freedom grants
        • The Prisoner Reintegration team
      • Transition from Care to Independence
        • Personal advisors role
        • Payment of Transition from Care to Independence
    • Rural assistance payments
      • North and South Island drought 2025
      • Essential living expenses
      • Payment - rural assistance
      • Income assessment - rural assistance
      • Cash assets - rural assistance
    • Civil Defence Payment
      • Multiple applications for the same need
      • Costs covered
        • Billeting
        • Evacuees in temporary accommodation
        • Loss of livelihood
        • Food, clothing and bedding
      • Application - Civil Defence Payment
      • Payment process - Civil Defence Payment
      • Review of ongoing payments
      • Assistance available when Civil Defence Payments are not activated
    • Clients transferring from a main benefit to New Zealand Superannuation
    • Assistance during non-entitlement periods
    • Assistance during an initial stand down and/or benefit application process
      • Married, de facto or civil union couple (with children)
      • Married, civil union or de facto couple with no children
      • Sole parent
      • Single client
    • Assistance when a client is sanctioned
    • Assistance when client is on strike
    • Client qualifies for and is getting the Special Needs Grant Family Violence Programme
      • Eligibility to the Family Violence Programme
      • Payment of Family Violence Programme
        • Late representation for weekly payment
      • SWIFTT requirements
      • Application procedure
      • Identification
      • No longer entitled to payment
      • Second or subsequent separation
      • Flowchart - Family Violence Programme
  • Emergency and essential needs not in client's name
• Hardship obligations
  • Youth support payments and hardship obligations
  • Reasonable steps obligation
    • Identifying reasonable steps
  • Budgeting activity obligation
    • Budgeting activity obligation not applied
    • Completing a budgeting worksheet
    • Attending a budgeting course or seminar
    • Attending a budgeting advice service
  • Offering services to build financial capability at application
  • Effect of not using services to build financial capability
  • Example - applying hardship obligations
  • Applying hardship obligations to partners
    • Partners with youth activity obligations
  • Failure to meet hardship obligations
• Verification
• Payment
  • Recovery of payment
    • Maximum debt recovery rate
  • Debt types not included
  • Preferred supplier arrangements
    • Preferred supplier arrangement - fridges, freezers and washing machines
    • Preferred supplier arrangement - glasses

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