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Children and family

Find out what help you can get with money if you're pregnant or you have children.

  1. Scottish Child Payment

    A weekly payment you can get for every child you look after who's under 16 years of age.

  2. Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods

    Apply for payments from pregnancy to when your child is old enough to start school.

  3. Child Benefit

    Find out about eligibility, claiming and when Child Benefit stops.

  4. Child maintenance

    How to arrange child maintenance if one of the parents does not live with a child.

  5. Get help with money if you have a child

    Information on the benefits, grants and vouchers you may be able to claim to help you look after your child.

  6. Get help with money if you're pregnant

    If you're pregnant you can get help with money, such as paid leave from work you can share with your partner and payments, like Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods.

  7. Help with school clothing costs

    Information about how to apply for financial help for school clothing and shoes via the school clothing grant.

  8. Free school meals

    Information about who can get free school meals.

  9. Child Disability Payment

    Information about Child Disability Payment including payment rates, who should apply, how to apply, what happens after you apply and what to do if you disagree with a decision.

  10. Supporting information for disability benefits

    How Social Security Scotland uses supporting information to make decisions about disability benefits.

  11. Financial help if you have a disabled child

    Information about the benefits you can get if you have a disabled child.

  12. Young Patients Family Fund

    The Young Patients Family Fund helps with the cost of travel and food for parents, parent substitutes or siblings (aged under 18) of a inpatient under the age of 18 receiving care at hospital

  13. Guardian's Allowance

    Help if you're looking after a child who is not your own – rates, eligibility, how to claim or appeal a decision.

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