Adopting a child
We have a range of payments and services to help parents care for their newly adopted child.
Childhood safety
Information and resources to help you keep your child safe.
Children's health care covered by Medicare
We cover some or all of your child’s health care costs.
Assistance for Isolated Children annual circumstances review
We review you and your child’s circumstances at the end of each year. We do this to check if you can keep getting Assistance for Isolated Children.
Parental means test for the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
Under the scheme, only Additional Boarding Allowance is income tested.
Supporting people at risk in the Northern Territory
You may be on Income Management in the Northern Territory if an approved organisation referred you.
Referral for Income Management and BasicsCard because you get a vulnerable welfare payment
You may be on Income Management before 4 September 2023 because a social worker referred you or identified you as a vulnerable young person.
Approved courses of study and institutions for Assistance for Isolated Children
The student must study full time in an approved course at an approved institution to get Assistance for Isolated Children.
Payment rates of Assistance for Isolated Children
The amount of Assistance for Isolated Children you get depends on the student's living arrangements during the school year and number of eligible children in your family.
Frequency of Assistance for Isolated Children payments
Assistance for Isolated Children payments are made per term or fortnight depending on the payment type.