Discretionary Assistance Fund Wales - Can I get help from the Discretionary Assistance Fund?

• The Individual Assistance Payment (IAP)
• The Emergency Assistance Payment (EAP)

The Individual Assistance Payment (IAP)

To be eligible to apply for this, you, or the person you care for must be getting either:

• Universal Credit
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Pension Credit (Guaranteed element)

You, or the person you care for, must also be:

• Leaving an institution such as a hospital, care home or prison after having lived there for three or more consecutive months (or on a frequent or regular basis), or

• Leaving a foster carer after having lived there for three months, or

• Planning to care for someone leaving an institution as described above and neither of you can afford to meet their needs, or

• Needing help that could stop admittance to an institution, or

• Part of a planned resettlement after a period of homelessness or leaving supported accommodation, or

• Experiencing exceptional and urgent pressures on your household, for example, due to domestic violence, chronic illness, disability or an accident, or

• In need of help with a one-off or short-term travel expense which is essential to you continuing to live independently.

The Emergency Assistance Payment (EAP)

To be eligible to apply for this, you must:

• Not have enough money to meet your basic needs,
  • For example, you have made a claim for benefits but not been paid yet,or you have lost your job.
• have no other money and have considered whether you could borrow money from a responsible lender.
• live in Wales.
• be over 16.