Who gets Income Management account and BasicsCard in Logan, Rockhampton or Livingstone, Queensland - Income Management and BasicsCard in Logan, Rockhampton or Livingstone, Queensland

You can keep using your Income Management account and BasicsCard if any of these applied to you before 4 September 2023:

a social worker referred you or you were identified a vulnerable young person
you volunteered for Income Management
you were referred by a State or Territory Child Protection Authority.

If you have a payment nominee who is on Income Management, it may affect your payment.

If you are on Income Management, you have the option to move to enhanced Income Management with an enhanced Income Management account and a SmartCard.

If you choose not to move, you will stay on Income Management and can keep using your BasicsCard if you have one. But if your circumstances change, you might need to move to enhanced Income Management later.

Referral by child protection authority

You may be on Income Management if your local child protection authority referred you.

Vulnerable Welfare Payment Recipients

You may be on Income Management before 4 September 2023 because a social worker referred you or identified you as a vulnerable young person.

Voluntary Income Management

You may have volunteered for Income Management because you needed help managing your payments.

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