Kinship care and benefits – the essentials - Child Poverty Action Group works on behalf of the one in four children in Scotland growing up in poverty. It doesn’t have to be like this. We use our

The agreement covers: Kinship carers of looked after children; Kinship carers where the child is subject to a kinship care order under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 or the carer is the child’s guardian under section 7 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, and o the child was previously looked after by the local authority, or o the child is at risk of becoming looked after, or o. [...] However, if someone else is getting child benefit for the child when a kinship carer makes their claim, the other person will usually retain priority over the kinship carer for three weeks after the kinship carer makes their claim. [...] The two-child limit does not apply to children in kinship care if the kinship carer: has a kinship care order under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; is appointed as guardian under section 7 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; is entitled to guardian’s allowance for the child/children; one of the above applied before the child turned 16 and the kinship carer continues to car. [...] Universal credit If the child is looked after by the local authority the kinship carer will not be able to get universal credit amount for the child. [...] If a child is looked after by the local authority, but the local authority payment is not in respect of accommodation or maintenance, then the kinship carer should be able to get CTC for the child.