Children in care benefit impact
My two children have been taken into care for probably 4-6 months, what happens to the benefits I get for them? Will I still receive them? Theres child benefit, child element of UC, one of them gets DLA and the disabled child bit too.
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Hi,
These benefits are all affected differently in this situation.
Child Benefit stops after 8 weeks.
Child Element of UC stops immediately.
DLA may get transferred to the new main carer for the child, depending on the type of care they're moving into.
You will need to contact each of those benefits separately to declare this change.
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Its foster care with foster parents does that make any difference? I saw something about temporary absence where you can keep getting money is that the child benefit only? i assume carers would stop too is that right?
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thank you for answerinh by the way
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I don't really know much about benefits but I can't imagine how you're feeling with your children going into care. I wish all of you all the best and I hope things work out @Zip.
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Ok, DLA should get transferred to the foster carer in that case.
Temporary absence is for holidays outside of the UK.
Yes, if you're getting Carers Allowance, that will stop, and the foster carer will be able to claim that instead.
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not meaning to sound rude but if your kids go into care and your first worry is if youll still get money for them it says a lot
you need to put them first if you want to get them back and show social they are your priorities not money
i had lots of different foster carers growing up and most of them was good though. i wasnt placed with my siblings though which sucked are yours being homed together
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My worry isnt money its if I will lose my home and not be able to have them back even when I am well. If they come off my claim I will get bedroom taxed. That means I have to find £230 extra to pay to my rent so I need to understand what money I will get. If I cant pay my rent they will take my home away and then I wont be able to get them back no matter what.
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Thank u those who been kind
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Thank u so much for your help. I dont get carers allowance but I get it on uc if that maes sense? If they stop that will I get my lcw again?
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Hi, your benefits for your children should be stopped, foster carers cannot claim carers allowance for disabled children as they receive an allowance from the fostering agency to support them, if it’s going through the family courts for them to return back to your care then you will be able to keep your home open until they return, but you will lose the child elements of uc, plus the carers allowance and the disability entitlement, as all that is for the child/children and not you, foster carers cannot claim carers allowance for foster children, also foster carers cannot claim child benefit for foster children, this also needs to be stopped otherwise you will end up with having to pay it back, your children will no longer be living with you, so therefore you should not still continue receiving money that was meant for supporting them, foster carers get a weekly allowance to care for foster children but are not able to claim any of these benefits etc child benefit, uc child elements
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Carers Allowance on UC is called Carers Element.
Yes that will also stop at the same time as the other UC elements. If you had LCW before becoming a carer then you should get that added back automatically because you keep an underlying entitlement to it.
If the children have gone into care because your health conditions have declined further, it might be worth asking for another assessment so that you could be moved to the LCWRA group instead. That would give you some more money when the child and carer elements stop.
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My son was taken into care when he was 14 and had become a danger to his siblings but he went to a boarding school rather than a foster placement. He benefited from having lots of people around him who were capable of fulfilling his needs but he was still able to come home at weekends so I kept some of my benefits although we were substantially worse off financially. In hindsight having him home so often was a mistake because it was so hard on the rest of us and did permanent damage but at the time he was my absolute priority.
If it is temporary you should be able to keep your housing element as is because the extra bedrooms will still be necessary. And they usually leave mobility payments with the parent so they can visit.
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They say hindsight is 20-20 (or whatever the expression is!). It sounds like an impossible decision and so much pressure at a really difficult time @bookrabbit. Trying to balance what you thought was best for your son and for the rest of your family must have been so hard. I hope you're not hard on yourself about the decisions you made, you were doing what you felt was right which is all that can be asked of anyone.❤️
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