Most useful information for child health and safety

1. Higher rates when living away from home
2. What criteria you need to meet to get a higher rate

Criteria to get a higher rate of ABSTUDY if your parents move or are away a lot because of work

You may get a higher rate of ABSTUDY Living Allowance if your parents move a lot for work. You must also live away from home to study because of this.

1. Who can get it
2. Isolation conditions

Disability or Special education need conditions for Assistance for Isolated Children

You may be eligible if your child can’t go to the local state school because your child needs to study from home or attend a different school.

1. Who can get it
2. Isolation conditions

No reasonable access to school conditions for Assistance for Isolated Children

You might be eligible if the child you’re claiming for doesn’t have daily access to an appropriate state school.

1. Who can get it
2. Isolation conditions

Continuity conditions for Assistance for Isolated Children

If your circumstances change, it may affect whether you can get AIC or when it might stop. There are continuity conditions that may apply to your situation.

1. Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
2. How to manage your payment

Assistance for Isolated Children annual circumstances review

We review you and your child’s circumstances at the end of each year. We do this to check if you can keep getting Assistance for Isolated Children.