Hardship criteria

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

• no other means of supporting themselves and any dependent family

and

• cash assets of or less than:
  • $4,300.00 if the young person is single or
  • $7,464.00 if the young person 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 young person has recently given any money away or sold any assets. For more information see:

• Income Sale of assets

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

• Hardship exceptional circumstances