Child Disability Assistance Payment

Child Disability Assistance Payment will be paid annually to people who receive Carer Allowance (child) for a period including 1 July. This includes carers whose payments are backdated to include 1 July.

The Child Disability Assistance Payment is an ongoing, non-indexed annual lump sum payment.

Carer Allowance (child) recipients will receive a Child Disability Assistance Payment of up to $1,000 for each child in their care.

Some carers will receive two or more Child Disability Assistance Payments. Carers who receive a part rate of Carer Allowance under shared-care arrangements will receive part of the Child Disability Assistance Payment.

Eligibility for Child Disability Assistance Payment is independent of eligibility for Carer Supplement.

Child Disability Assistance Payment is entirely income managed for income-managed customers.

You have to receive an instalment of Carer Allowance to receive Child Disability Assistance Payment. Having a Carer Allowance Health Care Card only does not meet the requirements.

For Carer Allowance customers who receive part of the Carer Allowance because they share the care with another person, the Child Disability Assistance Payment will be paid in the same ratios as Carer Allowance under their existing arrangements.

If you want to talk to someone about how this may affect you, call the Disability and Carers line on 132 717.

If you are eligible for Child Disability Assistance Payment, we will automatically make the payment into your bank account and send you a letter.