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Assistance available from Work and Income falls into three key areas:

• financial assistance
• employment and training assistance
• health and disability services.

The table below indicates some of the assistance that may be available to people in specific circumstances.

If the person is…	They may be able to get…
Working and on a low to middle income, facing high costs or in financial hardship	Accommodation Supplement Family Tax Credits Community Services Card
Aged 65 years old or over	New Zealand Superannuation Disability Allowance Living Alone Payment Advance Payment of Benefit Home help Accommodation Supplement
Caring for someone sick or infirm	Domestic Purposes Benefit - Care of Sick or Infirm
A woman alone, 50 years old or over or whose partner has died	Domestic Purposes Benefit - Women Alone Widow's Benefit
16 or 17 years old, unemployed and looking for work, still at school or training or can’t work because they’re sick, injured or disabled	Independent Youth Benefit (if they are unable to live with or be supported by their family)
Looking for full-time work	Unemployment Benefit Emergency Benefit
A trainee on an approved work-related course	Unemployment Benefit
Not able to work because of illness, injury, disability or pregnancy	Invalid's Benefit Sickness Benefit Emergency Benefit
Raising children alone	Domestic Purposes Benefit - Sole Parent Emergency Maintenance Allowance Widow's Benefit
A refugee or someone who can’t get other types of financial assistance.	Emergency Benefit
Caring for someone else’s child	Orphan's Benefit Unsupported Child's Benefit Emergency Benefit
Living in a hospital or rest home long-term	Residential Care Subsidy Special Disability Allowance
Caring for a disabled child	Child Disability Allowance Disability Allowance
Where the person needs extra financial support with…	They may be able to get…
Housing costs, for example: rent, board or mortgage payments overdue rent or power account buying household appliances and furniture urgent and essential house repairs	Accommodation Supplement Advance Payment of Benefit Special Needs Grant Temporary Additional Support (TAS) Recoverable Assistance Payment
The cost of setting up a business, for example: professional fees for business advice purchase plant and equipment or initial start up stock buying materials required to produce goods for the business	Business Training and Advice Grant Enterprise Allowance
The costs of working, for example: buying work clothes, safety boots and tools paying for travel when they start working necessary living costs until they get their first pay weather conditions affecting their seasonal work childcare, after-school care or holiday care	New Employment Transition Grant Recoverable Assistance Payment Transition to Work Grant Pathways Payment Seasonal Work Assistance Payment Childcare Subsidy OSCAR Subsidy
Health costs, for example: prescriptions and doctors’ visits extra costs of having a disability transport costs to doctor or hospital ambulance fees dentures, glasses or hearing aids	Community Services Card Disability Allowance Child Disability Allowance Home Help Recoverable Assistance Payment Special Needs Grant Temporary Additional Support (TAS) Advance Payment of Benefit
Study costs, for example: course fees and costs such as stationery, text books and travel living costs for children studying away from home	Training Incentive Allowance Away from Home Allowance Special Needs Grant Recoverable Assistance Payment Advance Payment of Benefit
Family costs, for example: childcare, after-school care or holiday care school uniforms, books and exam fees caring for a special needs or disabled child car seats and safety helmets costs of having a multiple birth	Childcare Subsidy OSCAR Subsidy Family Tax Credits Recoverable Assistance Payment Child Disability Allowance Advance Payment of Benefit Home Help Special Needs Grant
Funeral costs, for example: funeral costs of a child, partner or parent travel costs to attend the funeral of a family member	Funeral Grant Advance Payment of Benefit Recoverable Assistance Payment
Emergency, essential or immediate needs, for example: emergency dental and medical care food and bedding power reconnection fees hire purchase and loan repayments	Special Needs Grant Temporary Additional Support (TAS) Recoverable Assistance Payment Advance Payment of Benefit