Most useful information for child health and safety

1. Raising kids
2. Child health and safety

Childhood wellbeing

Wellbeing comes from physical, mental and emotional health. For children and young people, there are many things that build wellbeing.

1. Child health and safety
2. Wellbeing

Support for foster carers and other non-parent carers

We support foster carers, grandparents, kinship carers and informal carers who provide ongoing care for a child.

1. Raising kids
2. Child health and safety

Children’s health care

We cover some or all of your child’s health care costs.

1. Additional Child Care Subsidy
2. Who can get it

The Child Wellbeing subsidy

You need to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the Additional Child Care Subsidy Child Wellbeing.

Help in your language

We can help you with translated information or you can talk to a service officer who speaks your language.

1. Medicare
2. Most useful information

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare enrolment and amendment form (MS018)

Use this form to enrol in Medicare or update your details if you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

1. Top payments
2. Social work services

How our social work services can help

We can help if you need to turn to someone for support.

Payments while outside Australia

To get your payment or concession card while outside Australia, you must continue to meet the qualification rules at all times.

1. Australian Immunisation Register
2. What the register is

Overseas immunisations

How to add immunisations you’ve had overseas to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

1. Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
2. What payment you can get and how much

Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme payment types

Your child’s living arrangements determine which allowance or supplement you get under the Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) Scheme.