Child Disability Assistance Payment

An annual payment if you get Carer Allowance when looking after a child with disability or medical condition.

More about Child Disability Assistance Payment

The Child Disability Assistance Payment is an automatic annual payment of up to $1,000.

The payment can be used to assist families to purchase support, aids, therapies, or respite that they require for their child with disability. Importantly, the payment will help carers to purchase the form of assistance that best suits the needs of the family.

The Child Disability Assistance Payment is not subject to income tax and does not count as income for social security or family assistance purposes.

Eligibility

To get this payment, you need to be getting Carer Allowance for a child younger than 16 for a period that includes 1 July.

If you get Carer Allowance for a person between 16 and 18 years old who has a terminal illness you’ll get this payment.

You can’t get Child Disability Assistance Payment if you only have a Carer Allowance Health Care Card.

Further Information

Visit Services Australia | Child Disability Assistance Payment.

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