Payment

Emergency Maintenance Allowance is paid weekly on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Payment is from Monday to Sunday and is made one week in arrears.

Generally, payment must be made directly to the client. However, where there is good cause, the client's benefit can be paid to another person, agent or institution.

For more information see:

• Deductions
• Core policy Agents
• Core policy Redirection of benefit payment

It is a condition of receiving a benefit that the client provides a bank account number.

MSD can request the client to provide an IRD number or evidence of their IRD number.

For more information see:

• Client’s IRD number

There are different rates of payment for:

• 16 and 17 year old clients and
• Other clients