What payments can families get from the Family Assistance Office?
The Family Assistance Office administers family assistance payments, including: • Family Tax Benefit Part A – helps families with the cost of raising children • Family Tax Benefit Part B – helps single income families including sole parents • Child Care Benefit – helps families with the cost of child care • Child Care Tax Rebate – (for child care costs incurred on or after 1 July 2006) – additional help for working families with the cost of child care. • Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance – extra help with the cost of approved child care for eligible parents undertaking activities such as work, job search, training, study or rehabilitation as part of an activity agreement, to help them enter or re-enter the workforce. • Baby Bonus – is money to help with the extra costs of a new baby (including adopted and still born babies) born on or after 1 July 2004 • Maternity Immunisation Allowance – is a payment for your children aged 18-24 months who are fully immunise
