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Other Government assistance for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) applicants or students 010-03030050

This document outlines when applicants or students receiving AIC can also get other Australian Government assistance and how it affects their AIC or payment rates.

Assessing the effect of other Australian Government or state/territory assistance

Step	Action
1	Income support payment Does the student get an income support payment? Yes, the student gets: Disability Support Pension (DSP) or Parenting Payment Single (PPS), go to Step 5 another income support payment. AIC is not payable. Procedure ends here No, go to Step 2
2	Other Australian Government education or training assistance Check: if the student receives, or the applicant or their partner receives on the student's behalf, other Australian Government education or training assistance the qualification for and start date of any Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) payments. See Payments from the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) and referrals to the DVA Clearance Team, if DVA clearance is required procedure ends here until clearance received See the Resources page for examples and scenarios. Do they get any other Australian Government education or training assistance? Yes, AIC is not payable. Procedure ends here No, and the claim is for: Second Home Allowance (SHA), go to Step 3 another AIC allowance, go to Step 4
3	Assistance for the family's second home Check if the applicant, their partner or dependent family member (that is, a sibling of the student) gets or has ever got: Rent Assistance (RA), or First Home Owners Grant or state based first home assistance for the second family home See Eligibility for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) Second Home Allowance (SHA). Does any of the above apply? Yes, AIC Second Home Allowance (SHA) is not payable. Procedure ends here No, go to Step 4
4	Other state or territory government assistance Is other assistance received by, or on behalf of a student from a State or Territory Government to live away from home? See the Resources page for examples. Yes, AIC may be payable: The rate of Additional Boarding Allowance (ABA) may be affected Check other eligibility criteria for AIC Procedure ends here No, AIC may be payable Check other eligibility criteria for AIC Procedure ends here
5	Student gets DSP or PPS The applicant may be eligible for AIC Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) for the student, if the student: is undertaking full-time schooling at primary or equivalent ungraded level is under 21 years of age, and meets other eligibility criteria for AIC Procedure ends here.