45 CFR § 260.51 - What definitions apply to this subpart?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s260.51"
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title: "45 CFR § 260.51 - What definitions apply to this subpart?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "260.51"
section_name: "What definitions apply to this subpart?"
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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# 260.51 What definitions apply to this subpart?

*Family Violence Option (or FVO)* means the provision at section 402(a)(7) of the Act under which a State certifies in its State plan if it has elected the option to implement comprehensive strategies for identifying and serving victims of domestic violence.

*Federally recognized good cause domestic violence waiver* means a good cause domestic violence waiver that meets the requirements at §§ 260.52(c) and 260.55.

*Good cause domestic violence waiver* means a waiver of one or more program requirements granted by a State to a victim of domestic violence under the FVO, as described at § 260.52(c).

*Victim of domestic violence* means an individual who is battered or subject to extreme cruelty under the definition at section 408(a)(7)(C)(iii) of the Act.