Qualifying benefits for best start grant
With some exceptions (see below), a parent or carer must be receiving the following ‘low income’ benefits.
universal credit (or the benefits it is replacingiincome based job seeker's allowance, income related employment and support allowance, income support, housing benefit, child tax credit, working tax credit.)
pension credit
However, a person does not have to be getting one of these benefits if:
they are under 18
they are 18 or 19 and their parent or carer receives a benefit such as child benefit for them or their carer is their approved kinship carer iiThe benefits are: child benefit, universal credit (child element), child tax credit, pension credit (child addition).