Other support
[ch 1: page 16]If you receive UC you may also be able to get other financial support depending on your circumstances and where you live, including the following:
• advance and hardship payments (see pages 21 and 33);
• alternative Payment Arrangements to get your rent paid directly to your landlord, get paid more frequently than once a month or receive split payments, if you are part of a couple;
• Budgeting Advance (see page 32);
• Help with housing costs from the local council (such as a reduction in council tax or discretionary housing payments – see Chapter 7);
• new-style JSA (see page 30);
• new-style ESA (see page 40);
• help with health costs, including prescriptions and dental treatment;
• Sure Start Maternity Grant (see page 50);
• Healthy Start vouchers (for those who are pregnant or have a child under four years old);
• free early education for two-year-olds;
• free school meals;
• disabled facilities grants;
• Cold weather payments (see page 33);
• Legal aid
• help with the costs of using courts or tribunals;
• help with prison visiting costs; and
• funeral expenses payment (see page 75).