i am in the same position. i am claiming one parent family payment.
i recently qualified for domiciliary allowance, but havent received payment yet.
i now qualify for carers allowance and today i am sending off the dca letter and am getting the half rate carers backdated.
i have put in my letter that i want to claim full rate carers allowance and half the rate of opf as i want to come off opf in the very near future.
i am also getting back with my ex but he hasnt moved in with me yet, so as soon as he does i will be coming off the opf.
one thing to note is that when getting fis, the carers allowance is not taken into consideration, so if the op"s circumstances were as follows:
carers allowance 214
partners wages 450
carers allowance disregarded
income limit for fis for 3 kids is 665 ( i think)
665-450=215
60% of 215=129
fis payment paid is 129 euro per week.
the cwo will only help if the op can prove they will certainly qualify for fis , and may in the mean time pay the 129 ,but this will be deducted from the fis payment when it eventually comes through.
my circumstances are that my carers will be 214,
my partners income 350
he pays maintenance to his ex for their 2 children of 100 per week,
we have 2 children
so it will be tight also.
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