If you are a student and have children you will find some information here on economical rights. Other offers for students who have children are the Studentbarnehagene.
Provider's supplementary grant: This is a grant from the National State Educational Loan found/ Lånekassen that you can receive in addition to ordinary grant if you have children who live with you at least 40 % of the time. A birth grant is part of this sum. The size of the provider"s supplementary grant depends on the income of your cohabitant. See more information on Lånekassen.
Cash benefit: If you have children between the age of one and three, and they do not attend a kindergarten receiving public operating support, you can receive cash benefit. Cash benefit is received per child, independent of whether the child lives with one or two parents. See more information on NAV.
Child benefit: Child benefit encompasses all children under the age of eighteen years. A month after your baby is born you will receive child benefit every year until one month prior to the child’s eighteen birthday. If your child is born in Norway the Population Register will automatically send message to the welfare office you belong to. An individual application is not needed.
Housing benefit: Housing benefit is a state subsidy scheme administered by Husbanken and the local authority. Families with low incomes and high living expenses can receive housing benefit. For more information please contact Student’s counselling service or Boligavdelingen.
Your rights as a single parent
Norwegian state educational loan fund/ Lånekassen: You will receive loan and provider’s supplementary grant from NSELF. If you receive educational benefit, most of this will be reversed to loan. See Lånekassen.
National insurance organisation:
Extended child benefit: As a single parent you can receive extended child benefit, which means that you will receive benefit for one child more than you actually have.
Toddler benefit: If you are a single parent with children at the age of nil to three and are entitled to both extended child benefit and unreduced transition benefit, you are also entitled to a toddler benefit.
Child support payment- advance of money: The parent without daily care for the child is imposed by law to give child support payment, based on his or her income. The payment is depended on the income of the provider and on hoe much time the child spends with each parent. If the one liable to contribute does not fulfil the agreement, the provider can insist on an advance of money paid by the local insurance organisation.
Transition benefit: A single parent who is temporary incapable of supporting itself, maybe because it is caring for children, or who needs time to adjust or education, can apply for transition benefit. If you do not have earned income you can receive transition benefit until 2 months prior to childbirth. The main rule is that you can receive transition benefit for until three years and your youngest child is eight years old. If you also get the education needed you can receive benefit for two more years provided that your youngest child has not turned eight. If you are the sole provider for more than two children the benefit might bee expanded to three years.
Educational benefit: You can receive educational benefit if you are taking education needed to provide for your self by work. Usually this benefit is given for until three years of vocational training. Usually an educational benefit is not given after you have a professional competence. If is not meant for compensating for courses, material, travel expenses and is given according to certain guidelines. You can only receive educational benefit when you are entitled to transition benefit. (See above)
Benefit for child supervision: This benefit can only be received when someone else have to supervise your children because of your work or education outside your home. Usually, this benefit is given until your child has finished it fourth year in school. One of the conditions for receiving this benefit is that you can document your supervision expenses. The benefit is given for 64% of your expenses, and the Norwegian Parliament sets the maximum.
Cash benefit: Cash benefit is received per child, independent of whether the child lives with one or two parents. (See above) For more information see NAV.
Who can you contact?
If you need more information on being a student with children you can contact The Student counselling service.
