If you did not receive a payment as part of the Economic Security Strategy (ESS) in December 2008 or the Household Stimulus Package (HSP) in March to April 2009, you may be eligible for payments under administrative schemes announced by the Government.
Eligibility has been extended to include around 2,000 families and carers in respect of 3,700 children who did not receive payments due to change in care arrangements.
The categories for eligibility would seem to fall generally under the headings of ”special circumstances”, “foster carers” and “non-parent carers”. For the details of each of these, head over to Centrelink’s ESS Administrative Scheme Q&A page or the HSP Administrative Scheme Q&A page.
Unlike the previous payments, you do need to lodge a claim for a payment under the admin schemes. Claim forms will be available from early December. Be aware that the deadline for lodging a claim is 29 January 2010.
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