Away from Home rate for ABSTUDY 010-02060000

Students or Australian Apprentices may be eligible if they meet one of the following criteria. For assessing eligibility, see Assessing Away from Home for ABSTUDY customers.

Tertiary and secondary students and Australian Apprentices

• Travelling time and access between the permanent home and the education provider or employment location make daily travel impossible or unreasonable
• Home conditions are a serious impediment to educational progress
• ABSTUDY customer in state care

Secondary school students only

• Special course requirements
• Limited local school facilities do not offer a full school program
• Student with a disability requires specialist education or facilities
• Itinerant family prevents regular access to education
• Student has been excluded from all local schools
• Student is experiencing racial discrimination at the local education provider
• It would be unreasonable to break a student's continuity of study at a school
• Student is in receipt of a Boarding School, Third-party Indigenous or Transition School Scholarship
• Student permanently residing in 1 of 5 designated Cape York Welfare Reform communities

Tertiary students only

• The student's course of study requires compulsory residence at the institution

Customers can claim the Away from Home rate via an ABSTUDY claim.

Existing customers can provide a statement (verbal or written) indicating the criteria they are seeking approval for.

A student or Australian Apprentice approved for the Away from Home rate will receive Living Allowance at the higher Away from Home rate.

They may also be eligible for other entitlements to help with costs due to living away from the parental home. This includes:

• Rent Assistance (RA)
• Remote Area Allowance (RAA)
• School Fees Allowance (SFA) Group 2
• ABSTUDY Fares Allowance (FAA)
• Residential Costs Option
• Relocation Scholarship (RS)

Note: An Australian Apprentice is not eligible for SFA, FAA, Residential Costs Option or RS.

The payee for the Away from Home entitlements will depend on the student or Australian Apprentice's study level, age, living arrangements and the allowance type to be paid. The payee may be the:

• student or Australian Apprentice
• parent/guardian
• private board provider
• hostel or boarding school providing the accommodation