Hardship criteria

You can consider that a client is in hardship if the client has:

• no other means of supporting themselves and any dependent family

and

• cash assets of or less than:
  • $4,300.00 if the client is single or
  • $7,464.00 if the client is married, in a civil union or de facto relationship, or is a sole parent

See:

• Cash assets

You also need to look at whether the client has recently given any money away or sold any assets.

For more information see:

• Income Sale of assets

There are different criteria for students see:

• Jobseeker Support Student Hardship

In exceptional circumstances you can disregard some of the client's cash assets see:

• Exceptional circumstances for cash assets