Community Services Card

The Community Services Card can help you and your family with the costs of health care. You’ll pay less on some health services and prescriptions simply by showing your card.

Click here for more information about the Community Services Card.

How to apply for Community Services Card

You and your partner (if you have one) will automatically get a Community Services Card if you’re eligible for:

• Jobseeker Support
• Sole Parent Support
• Supported Living Payment
• Emergency Benefit
• Youth Payment
• Young Parent Payment
• Veterans Pension

If you get:

• Residential Care Subsidy, you’ll automatically get a card, but your partner, if you have one, will need to apply for their own card.
• Student Allowance, you’ll be sent a card automatically when your allowance has been approved, unless you have a partner who’s working, then you’ll need to fill out an application form.
• Orphan’s Benefit, Unsupported Child’s Benefit or Child Disability Allowance, we will send you a card in your child’s name, you can sign the card on the child’s behalf.

What to bring when you apply for a Community Services Card:

You will need to provide 2 documents as proof of identity when you apply for a Community Services Card.
For more information on what documents you’ll need to provide click here.

If you can apply online for more than one service, you only need to fill out the form once.

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