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Emergency Benefit : Contents

Earning incentive payments

Young partners getting Emergency Benefit can earn the following incentive payments:

  • education incentive of $10 a week
  • budgeting incentive of $10 a week
  • parenting education incentive of $10 a week

Education incentive

A young partner on Emergency Benefit can earn the education incentive if:

  • their service provider or Work and Income "in-house" service has confirmed to YSSU that since they started receiving their benefit, they have continuously attended and participated in either education, training or work-based learning for at least 6 calendar months

Budgeting incentive

A young partner on Emergency Benefit can earn the budgeting incentive if:

  • their service provider or Work and Income "in-house" service has confirmed to YSSU that since they started receiving their benefit they have:
    • attended and participated in discussions on budgeting with the service provider or Work and Income "in-house" service provider for at least 3 calendar months and
    • attended and completed a budgeting programme

Parenting incentive

A young partner with a child on Emergency Benefit can earn the parenting education incentive if:

  • the service provider or Work and Income "in-house" service has confirmed that, since they started to receive the benefit, they have regularly engaged with their service provider or Work and Income "in-house service" for at least 3 calendar months and
  • they have participated in and completed a parenting education programme
  • each of their dependent children is enrolled with a primary health organisation
  • each of their dependent children aged 5 years or under are up-to-date with their Wellchild checks
  • each of their dependent children aged 5 years or under attends an approved early childhood education programme or is placed in other suitable childcare during any time the young person is in education, training, work-based learning or part-time work

Note the earliest date the 3 month period can be calculated from is the date the young partner was granted their Emergency Benefit.

For more information see:

Capacity issues prevent a young partner meeting their parenting obligations

Sometimes a young partner may be able to get a parenting education incentive payment without meeting the criteria.

For more information see:

Capacity issues prevent a young partner meeting their parenting obligations

Legislation

  • Obligations of, and incentives for, young person who is spouse or partner of beneficiary section 166-167 Social Security Act 2018
  • Rates and component of youth payment and young parent payment, and criteria for incentive payments schedule 4, part 6 Social Security Act 2018
  • Requirements for application regulation 202 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • Circumstances when budgeting activity may be required regulation 203 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • Kinds of budgeting activities regulation 204 Social Security Regulations 2018
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