Supported Living Payment : Contents
Earning incentive payments
Young partners getting Supported Living Payment 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 Supported Living Payment can earn the education incentive if:
- their service provider or MSD 'in-house' service has confirmed to YSSU that since they started getting 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 Supported Living Payment can earn the budgeting incentive if:
- their service provider or MSD 'in-house' service has confirmed to YSSU that since they started getting their benefit they have:
- attended and participated in discussions on budgeting with the service provider or MSD '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 Supported Living Payment can earn the parenting education incentive if:
- the service provider or MSD 'in-house' service has confirmed that, since they started getting the benefit, they have regularly engaged with their service provider or MSD 'in-house' service for at least 3 calendar months and
- they have participated in and completed a parenting education programme and
- each of their dependent children is enrolled with a primary health organisation and
- each of their dependent children aged 5 years or under are up-to-date with their Well Child checks and
- 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 Supported Living Payment.
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:
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
- Criteria for youth payment incentive payments Part 2, subpart 4 Social Security Regulations 2018
