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Find out what benefits and financial support you may be able to get.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
This page explains the support you can get if you do not have permission to live permanently in the UK.
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
More detailed information about New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for stakeholders and claimants.
Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
Determine financial eligibility for legal aid: check household income, calculate living costs, enforcement action, apply for hardship or eligibility review.
How to work out financial eligibility for legal aid: income and capital means testing, passporting and the civil legal aid calculator.
FCDO travel advice for Guatemala. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Find out how the Prevent programme supports people who are at risk of becoming involved with terrorism through radicalisation.
Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK
Information and advice about discrimination and human rights issues
How to offer help to people arriving in the UK from Afghanistan: helping them settle in, get jobs or career advice or find housing.
The Payment Exception Service is a way for people who do not have a bank account to collect benefit or pension payments. It replaces the Simple Payment service
You can apply to Access to Work to get money for communication support at a job interview.
Apply to the Court of Protection for a one-off decision if you're concerned about someone's personal welfare, property or financial affairs.
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