Bloom resources
Plain-English guides to Centrelink, child support, custody and the admin of running a family on your own. Updated regularly. Always confirm specifics with Services Australia or a qualified professional.
Who qualifies for Parenting Payment, how much you can receive, income and assets tests, and how to apply.
Every major Centrelink payment and support program for single parents — and how to make sure you're not missing any.
Centrelink, housing, child care, mental health and community support for single mums — where to actually find it.
Centrelink payments, custody and shared-care basics, and the mental health and legal supports built for fathers.
How FTB Part A and Part B work, who qualifies, how much you can receive, and the common mistakes that lead to debts.
How assessments work, care percentages, collection options, and what to do when payments stop coming.
How Services Australia calculates child support, the formula step-by-step, and how to estimate your own.
What to look for in a co-parenting app, how the leading options compare, and where Bloom fits in.
What to include in a parenting plan, how it differs from court orders, and a step-by-step template you can use.
Real custody schedule templates used in Australia — pros, cons, care percentages and which ages each suits.
A practical guide for high-conflict co-parenting — communication rules, parallel parenting, handovers and the systems that protect kids.
Practical Australian guide to the small systems that lower stress and make co-parenting manageable in the months after separation.
Safety, Centrelink, banking, housing, legal and emotional support — in the order most people need them.
Co-parenting resources
What to track, how to track it, and how to build a co-parenting record that holds up in any Centrelink or family law review.
Which documents to keep for child support — income, care percentages, expenses — and how to use them in assessments and reviews.
How Services Australia counts nights of care, why care percentages matter, and how to keep a log that actually holds up.
What counts as a shared expense, how to split fairly, and what to do when a co-parent stops paying their share.
The calendars, logs, communication norms and admin systems that keep two households running with less conflict.
How Bloom works
A complete tour of Bloom — Family Log, Parenting Calendar, Life Admin, Finance Hub, Appointments, To-Do and Documents — and where to find each one.
Daily record of which parent the kids spent the night with, plus incidents with location, witnesses and photos.
Import your parenting plan and your partner's — see both households side by side and plan ahead with ease.
One home for finance, appointments, to-dos and documents — each sub-category surfaces what's coming up.
Emergency fund, savings, debts and shared expenses with automatic % splits, plus week/fortnight/month/year budget views.
Log every school, medical, legal and family appointment — surfaced on the Life Admin dashboard.
Every open loop in one list, with the most urgent items pinned to the Life Admin home.
Private filing cabinet for court orders, parenting plans, Centrelink letters, medical and school records.