Benefits for families

“I have just found out I am pregnant. Whilst we are both delighted, my partner and I both have low incomes. Is there any help for us when we become a family?”

If you are pregnant, already have children, or care for a dependant child you may be entitled to extra money. Below are some of the allowances and benefits available for families. To find out more about them, use the navigation links on the left side of this page.

Available from the Inland Revenue

• Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
• Child Benefit

Available from Haringey Council

• Housing Benefit
• Council Tax Benefit

Available from the Disability and Carers Unit

• Disability Living Allowance for Adults
• Disability Living Allowance for Children
• Carer's Allowance

Available from your JobCentre Plus

• Statutory Maternity Pay
• Maternity Allowance
• Incapacity Benefit
• Sure Start Maternity Grants
• Guardian's Allowance
• Widowed Parent's Allowance
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
• Help from the Social Fund
• Cold Weather Payments
• New Deals
• Child Maintenance Bonus
• Lone Parent Run-on

Available from the National Health Service (NHS)

• Help with health costs
• Travel costs to and from hospital

Useful External Links

The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links

• Inland Revenue - Tax Credits
• Inland Revenue - Child Benefit
• Disability and Carers Unit
• JobCentre Plus website
• National Health Service - health costs

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