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Living Away from Home Allowance Scheme

The Living Away From Home Allowances Scheme (LAFHAS) supports eligible Queensland families whose children need to live away from home to attend a state school or an accredited non-state school. This may be because their homes are geographically isolated and/or the nearest school is a bypass school. The scheme provides financial support through 4 allowances: 1. Remote Area Tuition Allowance (RATuA) which helps pay tuition fees charged by non-state boarding schools 2. Remote Area Travel Allowance (RATrA) which helps pay a student's travel costs between home and boarding school during holidays 3. Remote Area Allowance (RAA) which contributes to the cost of boarding at a state high school campus, to complete approved agricultural courses equivalent to and in lieu of Years 11 and 12 and 4. Remote Area Disability Supplement (RADS) which helps with additional boarding costs for students with disability.