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Topic: Govt. assistance
Posted By: Glow
Subject: Govt. assistance
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 11:51am
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Just curious as to who here recieves govt assistance (of any kind) wether it be DPB, USCB, CDA, DA, WFF? ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 11:53am
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We get WFF in lump sum. Has this been sent out yet? Need to pay my rates LOL
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 12:00pm
| We get WFF. I overestimate DH's income so have a backpayment on its way to me. Got the letter for that a couple of days ago so I guess yours can't be too far away. |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 12:07pm
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We get WFF and Accom Supplement. Glad to hear WFF isn't too far away. -------------  
 
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 12:57pm
We get WFF & Accomodation Supplement as well. I am still waiting for my WFF summary. Wish it would hurry up - I have baby stuff to pay for!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 1:20pm
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We get WFF credits, and we're eligible for an accomodation supplement but I choose not to bother with it as it's $1. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 1:35pm
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We get WFF in a lump sum, I received my letter a couple of days ago. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 2:17pm
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We get WFF in a lump sum, we got ours about 2 weeks ago...but our accountant had done all our stuff. -------------  
 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 2:35pm
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we got over paid booohoo so have a huge bill even though we over estimated my husband's income and it was even stopped.
oh well we have until feb I think next year to pay it ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 2:56pm
| We get Temporary Additional Support and Accommodation Supplement at the moment, although the TAS will stop very shortly. When the girls are born, we will get the Accom Supplement and WFF - paid weekly, but I have overestimated our income hugely so should get a nice lump sum at the end of the year.... |
Posted By: mrsturtle
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 4:06pm
We also get wwf - we got letter yesterday so did sil so yours hopefully shouldnt be too far away 
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Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 4:07pm
We get WFF, but it is only $146 including accom supplement. And with this we somehow need to buy groceries, petrol and pay bills as DP only gets paid once a month and his pay normally goes towards his business expenses .------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 4:57pm
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$146 is pretty good, IMO.
Ours is $145  (accom. supp and WFF together)
I think we may be owed a bit of extra from WFF, so it's nice to know summaries are on their way out
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 5:15pm
| We get WFF paid weekly plus fortnightly CDA. |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 5:45pm
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$146 a week? Or fortnight? I wouldn't be complaining about that if it was weekly.
We get WFF - $66 a week. Don't qualify for accomm supplement because apparently a soldier earns too much and can easily pay his $490 a week mortgage and rates
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 5:57pm
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we get WFF, CDA and AS.
DH got his tax letter the other day and they owe us $250 so patiently (NOT!!!) waiting for it to go into our account....' no doubt il owe again like normal!!
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Posted By: Skyflame
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 6:16pm
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Got our wff summary yesterday, get ours as a lump sum. Not getting as much as I had thought/hoped as I forgot I worked for 2 months at the start of the financial year Looks like we wont be able to do some of the things around the house I was looking forward too, luckily it covers the new carseat for DS.
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 7:26pm
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We get WFF, AS and CDA for the three youngest. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 8:17pm
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We get WFF and CDA but only get $7 p/week AS so didn't bother applying. We barely overestimated DPs earnings but coz of his hours being cut back so drastically they owe us over a grand lol yay! -------------   
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 8:20pm
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we get nothing. To get accomm supplement down here our rent would need to be over $5000 (yes thousand) per week. The WINZ lady thought it was a joke. And its not like living is cheap down here....Our Auckland lawyer thought we were paying auckland prices for our new house...sadly....thats just central otago....Thanks Queenstown!
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 8:20pm
| oh, what am I saying...we get the maximum childcare subsidy so I shouldnt really moan. |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 8:24pm
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No idea what the USCB stands for, but we get DPB, Accom Supp, DA, TAS and WFF. It comes in lump sum but they take out a huge chunk to pay back our bond and RIA that we needed help with when we moved, so things are a bit tight atm as we're left with roughly just over 150 to pay power, water, phone, contents, health ins (wouldn't be without it due to conditions) petrol, food etc etc weekly. I'm trying to sell a lot of our stuff on TM so I can afford to buy him clothes once summer comes around - DPB is not as glamorous as some make out to be, we all get paid differently depending on our situations (and just on a side note, we seem to be getting the lower end of the scale, even before my reductions to pay bond back etc) - no idea what im doing differently to other single mums i know lol.
I love being home with my boy, but to be honest I am looking forward to returning to work when hes a bit older, WINZ are horrible to deal with and the less I have to do with them, the better. EVERY single time I've applied for something, whether it be accom supplement, DA, TAS ...I always end up having to line back up in a queue with bank statements, and proof of bills etc because it hasn't been processed and debited into our acc when it was suppose to. Anyone else find they get the run around often? |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 8:35pm
Don't even go there BuzzyBee - I had to go in for a benefit review when Maya was 6 days old as they stuffed up their paperwork and were going to cut my benefit off if I didn't go in. With my 6-day old baby.  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 8:41pm
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Ohh been there done that when lucas was a couple weeks old coz of the Child support issue (his father p!$$ing off and not signing the birth cert) ...so I trapsed around to lawyers/court to get a statutory declaration to legally name his father so they wouldn't cut our benefit altogether, I take it to them and they THEN tell me I shouldn't have had to pay that much to do that blah blah.
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 9:32pm
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Oh yay so I should be able to pay the rates before they are due- beginning of Aug.
Is perhaps WFF sent out alphabetically?  Sometimes it sux having a surname that is one of the last letters of the alphabet. Anybody already have the letter & their surname starts with Z?
I think solo parents on the DPB should be respected admired & supported. No one really wants to be in that situation but yet they put their time & effort into their kids- its commendable! Im proud to be part of a counrty who supports its people Yes my experinces with WINZ in the past have been dreadful  ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 10:29pm
| How do you survive on $150 per week....we cant even get our groceries for that....let alone all the other. I put aside $150 a fortnight just for power and thats not enough over winter. You must be the budgeting queen! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 10:54pm
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we get NOTHING not even child care. Cos we have a business (and we are honest), WINZ thinks we are rich (and sooo aren't) it SUX ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 4:00am
I don't survive, my Dad is having to help with the odd bill and often buys us food. I absolutely hate that fact that I've moved out of home and still having to depend on daddy dearest.Things are slowly getting there - i think it will be much easier to budget in the warmer months and once we have issues (with property) sorted here. All the extra dr's bills and prescription costs aren't helping at the mo. |
nzpiper wrote:Posted By: ISpyCharlie
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 8:45am
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We get WFF, about $107 and I get a student allowance also. DF's job is commissioned based which is a pain, I hate having to deal with WINZ! I guess there are alot of familys that have annual earnings above the threshold for fiancial assistance, though I think the more money you have the more expenses and dept you can have! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 9:53am
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We get WFF, $95 a week. We don't qualify for the accommodation supplement because we have savings (not enough for a house deposit but hey!) but on the online calculator we would get $42 a week for accom if we had no savings. Would rather have savings instead of $42 a week hehe ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 10:38am
So not every 3 & 4yr old gets 20 free hours childcare? I thought it was for all 3/4yr old regardless of parents financial satis Or is this coz of your choice in preschool & the preschool doesn't do the 20 free hours ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 10:55am
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I think she means subsidised hours (outside of the 20 hours). And I don't think all daycares do it, only the ones that opt in... am I right?
We survive on $250 approx per week after mortgage and rates so not too different from you BuzzyBee (although I have DH to feed too ). TM is my best friend atm trying to sell all of Jack's stuff to buy him and the baby new (well to us anyway) clothes.
It's tight but hey it's what you do when you have kids. Except I'll be out working full time next year when bubs is about 5 months old which is gonna suck but needs must. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 11:22am
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buzzy bee check that you do need to pay back your bond, i always thought it was one of the non paying back things you qualify for... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 11:28am
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well scratch that - i am wrong. apparently tho theydo have a list of all they can supply and what has to be paid back and you are entitled to see that. unless you ask they dont usually volunteer info tho. but if you know then you seem to get a beter deal. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 12:18pm
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USCB stands for unsupported child benefit
Has anyone appiled for the Warm up NZ- Heat Smart fund? Something I should look at I think ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 12:49pm
| We were going to for the insulation, but it's not worth it for us, because we are doing it ourselves now and can't really deal with the wait. We will go for the heat pump subsidy though, as our insulation will already be in place by then. |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 1:55pm
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I don't think they're doing WFF alphabetically unless they're going from Z-A since our surnames start with D -------------
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 2:46pm
I beg your pardon???? Nice tone. Yes, Emz, you are right, thats exactly what I meant. thanks for clearing that up, I should have been more clear about that I guess! We do get 20 free hours(for one child), however, working more than the 20 hours a week that is free for one of my two children just isn't feasable, as paying childcare for one for those 20 hours, plus the extra for both just dosen't make it worth it. It really annoys me that we can't get any other childcare subsidies as I have plenty of work I can do (and get offered) but paying childcare at exhorbitant rates dosen't make it feasable. Rant over. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 2:58pm
| we get $66 a week... woo hoo... not! covers my petrol for the week so at least its a bit of a help. But still... its not like we are earning mega bucks. |
Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 4:43pm
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I try not to deal with WINZ anymore unless I really really have to.
They are hopeless, Treat everyone like bludgers, even if you are genuinely looking for work or need help. I'll stop complaining about how much I get now .------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 4:48pm
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Golly, Im not always switched on properly. Pardon me
I can understand ya tho- they make it soo hard for you to get ahead. Im a SAHM because working would be pointless by the time I paid tax then childcare etc
Weird systems.. ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 8:59pm
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DPB here not really sure what else I get as its all paid together. I'm studying full time and live with my parents. Could no way afford to live without living with them unless I stopped studying I hate having to rely on them but on the plus side I'm so stoked to be in a country who does actually support me
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 9:27am
dpb-disapilty allowace for james i,m just happy that we have something to fall on it could allways be worse ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 10:02am
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Fattartsrock - the child care thing is my big whinge at the moment too! I had an interesting conversationw ith WINZ about it the other day. I can get a 3.26 subsidy for 9 hours if I don't go to work. If I go to work and do the 6 hours of work offered to me I still get the 3.26 but only for the 6 hours...hmmm.
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 1:01pm
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I am on the DPB, and that includes the WFF and the TAS.
After rent I have around about $200 a week for power, phone, internet, other bills, food, etc. It would be considerably less if I had to pay back a bond, which I have done in the past. Thankfully my dad helped me out with that this time. Soon though when my DP moves down from Auckland I will come off the benefit and we will have to organise WFF and accomodation supplement. No idea how much we are going to get. My stinking rich ex in Australia earns $90k + a year and has all his accomodation/food/utilities included in his job so pretty much pays for nothing and he pays NO child support. Not sure how he gets away with that one. |