Support allowance

The support allowance, besides the care allowance, is an additional allowance for children with disabilities. The condition is a care need of at least 12 points on the medical-social scale. The support allowance aims to help the child and its family organise their own life and care.   

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Care allowance

The care allowance is an allowance on top of the basic amount for children with disabilities or support needs. The care allowance is meant to allow parents to better cover parenting and support costs in the specific situations of these children.  

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Right to care allowance as a condition for support allowance

Children living in Flanders can receive a care allowance and a support allowance at the same time. You can only receive the support allowance if there is also an entitlement to the care allowance. Exception: persons who are entitled to a basic support budget (BSB) on the 31st of December 2022 because they were on the waiting list of the Intersectorale Toegangspoort (ITP) on the 30th of June 2015. They are not obligated to receive a care allowance and can get a support allowance up to the maximum age of 25.