With the current cost of living increases impacting many individuals and households at this time, the Department for Communities has a range of financial supports and advice available which may help.
The Department provides help and financial support if you are unemployed and looking for work. It also provides you with additional income when your earnings are low, if you are bringing up children, are retired, care for someone, are ill or have a disability.
Subtopics
- A to Z of benefits
- Administrative Welfare Supplementary Payments
- Benefits and pensions - how to apply
- Benefits Information for Advisors
- Benefits Information for Employers
- Benefits Information for Healthcare Professionals
- Child Funeral Fund
- Compensation Recovery
- Disability and Carer's Service
- Employment and Support Allowance
- General benefits information
- Information for appellants, appointees, and representatives on changes to the Appeals Service NI medical records procedures
- Make the Call (MtC)
- Personal Independence Payment
- Social security policy and guidance
- Social Security Standards Committee minutes
- The Special Rules: how the benefit system supports people nearing the end of life
- Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper
- Universal Credit
- Universal Credit: information for landlords
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How to request information from the Department for Communities including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme. You may also request your own personal information, via a Right of Access Request.