45 CFR § 260.32 - What does the term “WtW cash assistance” mean?

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title: "45 CFR § 260.32 - What does the term “WtW cash assistance” mean?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "260.32"
section_name: "What does the term “WtW cash assistance” mean?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "260"
part_name: "GENERAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PROVISIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 601, 601 note, 603, 604, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 619, and 1308."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 17878, Apr. 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 260.32 What does the term “WtW cash assistance” mean?

(a) For the purpose of § 264.1(b)(1)(iii) of this chapter, WtW cash assistance only includes benefits that:

(1) Meet the definition of assistance at § 260.31; and

(2) Are directed at basic needs.

(b) Thus, it includes benefits described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of § 260.31, but excludes benefits described in paragraph (a)(3) of § 260.31.

(c) It only includes benefits identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section when they are provided in the form of cash payments, checks, reimbursements, electronic funds transfers, or any other form that can legally be converted to currency.