45 CFR § 286.35 - What are proper uses of Tribal Family Assistance Grant funds?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s286.35"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 286.35 - What are proper uses of Tribal Family Assistance Grant funds?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "286.35"
section_name: "What are proper uses of Tribal Family Assistance Grant funds?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "286"
part_name: "TRIBAL TANF PROVISIONS"
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. 601, 604, and 612; Public Law 111-5."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 8530, Feb. 18, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "286"
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# 286.35 What are proper uses of Tribal Family Assistance Grant funds?
(a) Tribes may use TFAGs for expenditures that:
(1) Are reasonably calculated to accomplish the purposes of TANF, including, but not limited to, the provision to low income households with assistance in meeting home heating and cooling costs; assistance in economic development and job creation activities, the provision of supportive services to assist needy families to prepare for, obtain, and retain employment; the provision of supportive services to prevent of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and assistance in keeping families together, or
(2) Were an authorized use of funds under the State plans for Parts A or F of title IV of the Social Security Act, as such parts were in effect on September 30, 1995.
(b) [Reserved]