Terminal benefit

When a non-beneficiary client dies, Temporary Additional Support generally stops from the day after the date of death. However, there is some discretion to continue payment for up to 28 days. When payment is continued after the date of death, it is referred to as terminal benefit.

Circumstances where you might consider continued payment beyond a client's date of death include:

• when the deceased client's domestic situation results in a transition cost for a family member, causing hardship
  Example: accommodation and other household costs when client has been sharing accommodation

or

• when there are exceptional and justified costs associated with the death of the client
  Example: multiple deaths within one family

You should not continue payment for 28 days following the death of a client to meet funeral expenses. A Funeral Grant is available for this purpose.

For more information see:

• Avoiding a debt
• Terminal benefit rate