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EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance)
Government Assistance
To be eligible for the EMA:
1. Your child must be under the age of sixteen; and
2. Your child must be enrolled at a primary or secondary Government or registered school in
Victoria on, 25th February 2011 for the first instalment and 5th August 2011 for the second
instalment; and
3. You must on 26th January 2011 for the first instalment and 11th July 2011, for the second
instalment:
o be a parent or legal guardian of the student; and
o be an eligible beneficiary within the meaning of the State Concessions Act 2004, that
is, a holder of Veterans Affairs Gold Card or be an eligible Health care card (HCC) or
Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) holder or
o be a foster parent.
4. Submit your application to the school by the due date:
25th February 2011 for the first instalment*
5th August 2011 for the second instalment.
* Please note: you only need to make a second application in August if your child changes schools
between March and August.
The Pension Concession Card (PCC) or Health Care Card (HCC) is subject to electronic confirmation
with Centrelink to verify that the cardholder is receiving a benefit.
Foster parents can apply for the foster child only. Temporary caregivers through the Department of Human
Services are considered to be foster parents*. * Please note: foster parents must provide their
school a copy of the letter stating temporary care arrangements from the Department of Human Services
or the courts for the school’s records.
Eligible Pension Concession Cards:
• Age pension (AGE/AGE BLIND)
• Bereavement Allowance (BVA)
• Carer payment (CAR)
• Disability support pension (DSP)
• Disability support pension – blind (DSP BLIND)
• Mature age allowance (MAA)
• Mature age partner allowance (MPA)
• Newstart allowance – over 60 (NSA)
• Newstart mature age allowance (NMA)
• Parenting payment – partnered over 60 (PP)
• Parenting payment – single (PPS)
• Partner allowance – over 60 (PA)
• Sickness allowance – over 60 (SA)
• Special benefit – over 60 (SL)
• Widow allowance – over 60 (WA)
• Wife pension (WFA, WFD, WFW)
• Widow B pension (WID)
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