[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: 45CFR304.21]

[Page 268-269]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 304_FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 304.21  Federal financial participation in the costs of cooperative 
arrangements with courts and law enforcement officials.

    (a) General. Subject to the conditions and limitations specified in 
this part, Federal financial participation (FFP) at the applicable 
matching rate is available in the costs of cooperative agreements with 
appropriate courts and law enforcement officials in accordance with the 
requirements of Sec. 302.34 of this chapter. Law enforcement officials 
means district attorneys, attorneys general, and similar public 
attorneys and prosecutors and their staff. When performed under written 
agreement, costs of the following activities are subject to 
reimbursement:
    (1) The activities, including administration of such activities, 
specified in Sec. 304.20(b)(2) through (8) of this chapter;
    (2) Reasonable and essential short term training of court and law 
enforcement staff assigned on a full or part time basis to support 
enforcement functions under the cooperative agreement.
    (b) Limitations. Federal financial participation is not available 
in:
    (1) Service of process and court filing fees unless the court or law 
enforcement agency would normally be required to pay the cost of such 
fees;
    (2) Costs of compensation (salary and fringe benefits) of judges;
    (3) Costs of travel and training related to the judicial 
determination process incurred by judges;
    (4) Office-related costs, such as space, equipment, furnishings and 
supplies, incurred by judges;
    (5) Compensation (salary and fringe benefits), travel and training, 
and office-related costs incurred by administrative and support staffs 
of judges;
    (6) Costs of cooperative arrangements that do not meet the 
requirements of Sec. 303.107 of this chapter.
    (c) Methods of determining costs. The State IV-D agency has 
discretion with respect to the method of calculating eligible 
expenditures by courts and law enforcement officials under cooperative 
agreements. However, any method used must account for specific costs 
incurred on behalf of cases receiving services under the IV-D State 
plan.

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    (d) When agreements take effect. FFP is available in IV-D costs 
incurred as of the first day of the calendar quarter in which a 
cooperative agreement or amendment is signed by parties sufficient to 
create a contractual arrangement under State law.

[47 FR 53017, Nov. 24, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 57284, Dec. 23, 1982; 
50 FR 19656, May 9, 1985; 54 FR 30223, July 19, 1989; 64 FR 6252, Feb. 
9, 1999]