Age requirements for Assistance for Isolated Children
Your child must meet the age requirements.
How to manage your ABSTUDY Living Allowance
Your options and obligations for ABSTUDY Living Allowance.
Who can get Youth Disability Supplement
You’ll automatically get the Youth Disability Supplement if you’re under 21, and you get Disability Support Pension (DSP).
ABSTUDY Additional Incidentals Allowance Claim form (SY031)
Use this form to claim for additional course costs, such as essential course or material costs.
Independent for ABSTUDY if it’s unreasonable for you to live at home
You may be independent if you’re unable to live at home with either of your parents due to extreme circumstances.
ABSTUDY for apprentices
There’s ABSTUDY support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander apprentices and trainees.
Who can access the ABSTUDY residential costs option for Living Allowance
You may be able to access the residential costs option if you’re doing approved higher education study and meet some requirements.
How to get a Relocation Scholarship
You don’t need to apply for the Relocation Scholarship unless you’re doing a regional placement. You may still need to fill out a form, or tell us about changes to your situation.
How we pay ABSTUDY Living Allowance
If you can get ABSTUDY Living Allowance, who we pay it to depends on the student’s circumstances.
Family home location for a Relocation Scholarship
Where your family home is determines if you can get a Relocation Scholarship and your payment rate in your second and third years of study.