[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR260.51]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), 
 
PART 260_GENERAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PROVISIONS
--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B_What Special Provisions Apply to Victims of Domestic Violence?
 
Sec. 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 
Sec. Sec. 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 Sec. 260.52(c).
    Victim of domestic violence means an individual who is battered or 
subject to

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extreme cruelty under the definition at section 408(a)(7)(C)(iii) of the 
Act.