Education Maintenance Allowance
Important : Connexions Staff should refer to the updated EMA Support informationwithin the staff section
EMA Application Resource Pack
The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) was extended in 2005 to learners on LSC-funded Entry-to-Employment (E2E) and courses that lead to an Apprenticeship. To help support young people through the EMA application process, an Application Form Resource Pack is available.
The user-friendly resource pack, produced by the LSC in consultation with Connexions Personal Advisers and other key partners, is aimed to help practitioners become familiar with the application process so that they can help young people apply for EMA.
The pack includes:
The user-friendly resource pack, produced by the LSC in consultation with Connexions Personal Advisers and other key partners, is aimed to help practitioners become familiar with the application process so that they can help young people apply for EMA.
The pack includes:
- details of which form should be completed;
- a 'walk through' of the application form explaining all the questions in detail;
- information on the forms of evidence required and what practitioners should be verifying; and,
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insight into the top reasons why application forms are returned.
The Application Form Resource Pack can be downloaded from http://www.direct.gov.uk/ema
Application forms:
See below some further information :
