You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit
• Working tax credit*
• Universal credit
• Sure start maternity grant (you must claim this before your child is three months old)
• Statutory maternity pay/maternity allowance/statutory paternity pay
• Care to learn for help with your childcare costs if you are in full-time education or training - you cannot get help through care to learn if the other parent could care for the child, or claiming working tax credit help with childcare costs.

* Working tax credit can be claimed by a couple if you work at least 24 hours aweek between you, with one of you working at least 16 hours a week.

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit
• Universal credit
• Income support/jobseeker’s allowance/employment and support allowance*
• Sure start maternity grant (you must claim this before your child is three months old)
• Healthy start vouchers
• Care to learn for help with your childcare costs if you are in full-time education or training**.

* You cannot usually claim income support/jobseeker’s allowance/employment and support allowance if you are in education and live with a partner. Get advice to check your rights. Call our helpline to get advice on 0808 802 0925. Calls are free.

** You cannot get help through care to learn if the other parent could care for the child, or claiming working tax credit help with childcare costs

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit
• Universal credit
• Working tax credit if you were working at least 16 hours a week before maternity leave
• Sure start maternity grant (you must claim this before your child is three months old)
• Statutory maternity pay/maternity allowance/income support.

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit
• Universal credit
• Working tax credit if you are working at least 16 hours a week
• Sure start maternity grant (you must claim this before your child is three months old).

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit
• Income support
• Universal credit
• Sure start maternity grant (you must claim this before your child is three months old)
• Healthy start vouchers
• Care to learn for help with your childcare costs if you are in full-time education or training.

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Your parents could claim for you and your baby:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit/universal credit
• Income support/jobseeker’s allowance/employment and support allowance and healthy start vouchers if not working
• Sure start maternity grant (you must claim this before your child is three months old)
• Working tax credit.

Our helpline can help you work out whether its better for you to claim benefits and tax credits yourself or for your parents to claim for you. Call 0808 802 0925. Calls are free.

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You can claim Healthy Start vouchers once you’re 10 weeks pregnant.

If you live with another adult who is responsible for you they may be able to claim child benefit and child tax credits or universal credit for you.

You cannot claim any other benefits in your own right but social services are responsible for your needs.

If you’d like confidential advice or information about your pregnancy you can text Brook on 07537 402024 or go to their website to get advice by webchat.

You may be entitled to:

• Support from social services
• Healthy Start vouchers.

Your social worker should help you work through all your options.

If you’d like confidential advice or information about your pregnancy you can text Brook on 07537 402024 or go to their website to get advice by webchat.

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy Start vouchers.

Your parents may be entitled to:

• Income support/jobseeker’s allowance/employment and support allowance or universal credit
• Child tax credit or universal credit
• Housing benefit or universal credit
• Council tax reduction
• Sure Start maternity grant.

If you’d like confidential advice or information about your pregnancy you can text Brook on 07537 402024 or go to their website to get advice by webchat.

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy Start vouchers.

Your parents may be entitled to:

• Working tax credit*
• Child tax credit or universal credit
• Housing benefit or universal credit
• Council tax reduction
• Sure Start maternity grant.

* Working tax credit can be claimed by a couple if between them they work 24 hours a week or more, with one of them working at least 16 hours a week. If your parent is single, they can claim working tax credit if working 16 hours a week or more.

If you’d like confidential advice or information about your pregnancy you can text Brook on 07537 402024 or go to their website to get advice by webchat.

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit
• Universal credit
• Income support
• Sure start maternity grant (you must claim this before your child is three months old)
• Healthy start vouchers.

You or your parents may be entitled to:

• Child benefit.

Your parents may be entitled to:

• Child tax credit or universal credit
• Working tax credit* or universal credit
• Housing benefit or universal credit
• Council tax reduction
• Sure Start maternity grant.

*Working tax credit may be claimed by a couple if between them they work at least 24 hours a week and one works at least 16 hours a week. If your parent is single, they can claim working tax credit if they work 16 hours a week or more.

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit/working tax credit*
• Housing benefit
• Universal credit
• Sure Start maternity grant
• Maternity allowance
• Statutory maternity pay
• Statutory paternity pay.

You may be able to get some of these benefits if you are in education or training, as well as Care to Learn (in England only) for help with childcare.

You can only get maternity or paternity benefits if you were working before you had your baby.

* Working tax credit may be claimed by a couple if between you, you are working 24 hours a week or more, and one of you works at least 16 hours a week.

You or your parents may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Healthy Start vouchers.

Your parents may be entitled to:

• Child tax credit or universal credit
• Income support/jobseeker’s allowance/employment and support allowance
• Housing benefit
• Council tax reduction
• Sure Start maternity grant.

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Child tax credit
• Universal credit
• Income support/jobseeker’s allowance/employment and support allowance
• Housing benefit
• Sure Start maternity grant
• Healthy start vouchers

You may be able to get some of these benefits if you are in education or training, as well as Care to Learn (in England only) for help with childcare.

You can only get maternity or paternity benefits if you were working before you had your baby.

You may be able to claim child benefit for your child, but not if they are officially in care too (this is being called 'looked after').

Social services are responsible for providing for your housing and living costs for you and your child.

You may be entitled to:

• Child benefit
• Universal credit
• Child tax credit/ working tax credit
• Housing benefit
• Sure Start maternity grant
• Maternity allowance
• Statutory maternity pay
• Statutory paternity pay.

You may be able to get some of these benefits if you are in education or training, as well as Care to Learn (in England only) for help with childcare.

You can only get maternity or paternity benefits if you were working before you had your baby.

If you are living with another adult who is responsible for you they may be able to claim child benefit and child tax credits or universal credit for you and your child.

If not, you may be entitled to:

• Help from social services
• Child benefit.

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy Start vouchers

Your parents may be entitled to:

• Child benefit for you
• Child tax credit or universal credit for you
• Sure Start maternity grant depending on other benefits and tax credits.

You may be entitled to:

• Income support
• Child benefit
• Universal credit
• Child tax credit
• Housing benefit
• Healthy start vouchers
• Sure Start maternity grant.

You may be able to get some of these benefits if you are in education or training, as well as Care to Learn (in England only) for help with childcare.

You can only get maternity or paternity benefits if you were working before you had your baby.

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy Start vouchers.

Your partner may be entitled to:

• Working tax credit or universal credit
• Housing benefit or universal credit.

You may be entitled to:

• Statutory sick pay or income support if you are off sick due to pregnancy. From week 29, maternity leave and maternity pay if you qualify
• Healthy Start vouchers.

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy Start vouchers.

Your partner may be entitled to:

• Income support/jobseeker’s allowance/employment and support allowance or universal credit
• Housing benefit or universal credit
• Sure Start maternity grant.

See "I am 16 or 17 and pregnant – Living with parents"

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy Start vouchers
• Possible jobseeker’s allowance if in ‘severe hardship’. Otherwise, you will not be entitled to any benefits until week 29 of your pregnancy. After week 29 you should be entitled to income support* and a Sure Start maternity grant.
• Possible universal credit (as above)

Your parents may be entitled to:

• Child benefit and child tax credit for you for 20 weeks after you leave education or training*

* If your parents have asked for the ‘child benefit extension period’ (20 weeks after you left education or training) you may not be able to claim income support/jobseeker’s allowance during that time. You can claim once your parents don’t get child benefit for you.

For more advice on which option is best for you and your family please call our helpline on 0808 802 0925. Calls are free.

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy Start vouchers.

If you register with the Careers Service for work or training you may be entitled to:

• Jobseekers allowance if you’re in ‘severe hardship’
• Housing benefit or universal credit

If you are still in your child benefit extension period call the helpline on 0808 802 0925 for more advice. Calls are free.

You may be entitled to:

• Housing benefit or universal credit
• Income support if you have ‘good cause’ for living away from home, or you are more than 29 weeks pregnant
• Healthy start vouchers
• Sure Start maternity grant.

You may be entitled to:

• Income support (if your parents have asked to claim child benefit during the child benefit extension period (20 weeks after you left education or training), you may not be able to claim income support/jobseeker’s allowance)
• Universal credit
• Sure Start maternity grant
• Healthy Start vouchers.

You may be entitled to:

• Income support or universal credit
• Housing benefit or universal credit
• Council tax reduction
• Sure Start maternity grant
• Healthy Start vouchers

You may be entitled to:

• Jobseeker’s allowance if you’re in ‘severe hardship’
• Housing benefit or universal credit
• Healthy start vouchers.

You may be entitled to:

• Housing benefit or universal credit
• If you are off sick due to pregnancy you may get statutory sick pay or income support
• From week 29 you can take maternity leave and may get statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance if you qualify
• Healthy start vouchers.

You may be entitled to:

• Healthy start vouchers

If you register with the Careers Service for work or training you may be entitled to:

• Jobseekers Allowance if in ‘severe hardship’ and your parents are not receiving child benefit for you
• Universal credit.

Call our helpline on 0808 802 0925 for more advice. Calls are free.