Most useful information for child health and safety

1. Crisis Payment
2. Crisis Payment for other extreme circumstances

How to claim a Crisis Payment for Other Extreme Circumstances

Complete the following steps to claim Crisis Payment for Other Extreme Circumstances. Before you start, check if you can get it.

Setting up online accounts for Centrelink

To do your business with us, create a myGov account and link it to Centrelink.

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. Raising kids
2. Child health and safety

Childhood safety

Information and resources to help you keep your child safe.

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. Top payments
2. Social work services

How to contact social work services

You can speak to a social worker over the phone.

Proving your identity over the phone with Centrelink

How to prove who you are over the phone.

Explanation or formal review of a decision form (SS351)

Use this form to ask for an explanation or formal review of a decision.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Claim for a Health Care Card form (SS050)

Use this form to claim a Low Income Health Care Card or a Health Care Card for a foster child.

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.