45 CFR § 263.11 - What uses of Federal TANF funds are improper?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s263.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 263.11 - What uses of Federal TANF funds are improper?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "263.11"
section_name: "What uses of Federal TANF funds are improper?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "263"
part_name: "EXPENDITURES OF STATE AND FEDERAL TANF FUNDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 604, 607, 609, and 862a; Pub. L. 109-171."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 17893, Apr. 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "263"
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# 263.11 What uses of Federal TANF funds are improper?
(a) States may use Federal TANF funds for expenditures:
(1) That are reasonably calculated to accomplish the purposes of TANF, as specified at § 260.20 of this chapter; or
(2) For which the State was authorized to use IV-A or IV-F funds under prior law, as in effect on September 30, 1995 (or, at the option of the State, August 21, 1996).
(b) We will consider use of funds in violation of paragraph (a) of this section, sections 404 and 408 and other provisions of the Act, section 115(a)(1) of PRWORA, or 2 CFR parts 200 and 300 to be misuse of funds.
[64 FR 17893, Apr. 12, 1999, as amended at 81 FR 3020, Jan. 20, 2016; 89 FR 80071, Oct. 2, 2024]