Community employment is a labour market programme targeted specifically at the most disadvantaged members of the community, the long-term unemployed whose only source of income is an unemployment compensation payment or certain other means tested social welfare payments. Persons in receipt of unemployment assistance/ unemployment benefit and community employment participants with a qualified adult dependant, whose partners income/ earnings are between £60 to £90 per week, can qualify for payment of an increase for a qualified adult at a reduced rate depending on the level of income. The tapered allowances payable are as follows: