Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) End of Year (EOY) reviews 110-07070000

The EOY review for AIC is an annual circumstance review that:

• is for all applicants, and
• includes a parental income review for applicants who receive Additional Boarding Allowance (ABA). This determines the level of ABA payable for the following year for students who are boarding

An income review is not required if an applicant or their partner:

• is on an income support type payment, or
• holds a current Health Care Card (HCC) issued to families in receipt of the maximum rate of FTB Part A

This is because they have a Parental Income Test (PIT) exemption verified through an existing PIT link.

Applicants receive the reviews in late October to confirm a student's entitlement to payments for the following year.

The EOY review:

• verifies a student's education details and their living arrangements
• asks if a student’s isolation or other eligibility details have changed
• asks the applicant to advise their (and their partner's) new financial year income

The applicant may be required to provide evidence for:

• special needs students with short-term health-related needs, or
• those with a deemed isolation circumstance

The following students are not required to complete the EOY review:

• AIC Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) students, as they will be reviewed individually by AIC smart centre staff
• Students who are current with a future cancellation date of other than 1 January next calendar year
• Students completing Years 12 or 13
• Students who will be over the maximum AIC age by 1 January of the following year

If applicants do not respond to the review, payments will be cancelled from 1 January of the following year. However, if the review is lodged by 1 March in the year following that for which the EOY review applies and the student is eligible, payments can be restored from 1 January for that year.