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Extra Help for Student Parents: Grants and Support Available

Discover available financial aid and support for full-time students with dependants, including Parents' Learning Allowance, Childcare Grant, Adults Dependants Grant, and Special Support Grant. Learn about eligibility, application process, and additional assistance offered. Contact your local Student Finance Office for more information.

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Extra Help for Student Parents: Grants and Support Available

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  1. Extra help for students with Dependants(With Notes)

  2. What Help Is Available? For full-time students with dependants: • Parents’ Learning Allowance • Childcare Grant • Adults Dependants Grant

  3. Parents’ Learning Allowance For full-time students with dependent children who are on a low income: • Depends on the household income • Up to £1,538 per year • Not taken into account when working out benefits entitlement.

  4. Childcare Grant For full-time students with dependent children in registered or approved childcare: • Cannot be receiving childcare part of Working Tax Credit or Universal Credit • Not taken into account when calculating benefits.

  5. Childcare Grant continued • Entitlement depends on household income and childcare costs • Up to 85% of actual childcare costs • Maximum £148.75 per week for one child • Maximum £255.00 per week for two or more children

  6. Adult Dependants Grant • For full-time students with an adult who is financially dependent on them • Depends on household income • Up to £2,695 per year • Taken into account in benefits calculations

  7. Special Support Grant Eligibility to the Special Support Grant (SSG):– • The student is a single parent • The student has a partner who is also a student • The student has certain disabilities • Depends on the household income • Up to £3,475 per year

  8. How and when to Apply • To apply for each of these grants you should fill in the relevant section of the paper student finance application form or online page • If you want to apply for the Childcare Grant, Student Finance NI will send a separate Childcare Grant application form to fill in • You and your Childcare Provider will have to provide details of the childcare costs 3 times during the year • You must also provide copies of your children’s long birth certificate

  9. Other Support Available • Help to cover 2 main expenses, ie tuition fees and day to day living costs • Help for students who have a disability • Assessed through Student Finance NI • Specific queries should be directed to the student’s local Student Finance Office • www.studentfinanceni.co.uk

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