[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: 45CFR309.135]

[Page 316]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 309_TRIBAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (IV-D) PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D_Tribal IV-D Program Funding
 
Sec. 309.135  What requirements apply to funding, obligating and liquidating 
Federal title IV-D grant funds?

    (a) Funding period. (1) Ongoing funding. Federal title IV-D grant 
funds will be awarded to Tribes and Tribal organizations for use during 
a 12-month period equivalent to the Federal fiscal year of October 1 
through September 30.
    (2) Initial grant. A Tribe or Tribal organization may request that 
its initial IV-D grant be awarded for a funding period of less than one 
year (but at least six months) or more than one year (but not to exceed 
17 months) to enable its program funding cycle to coincide with the 
funding period specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (b) Obligation period. A Tribe or Tribal organization must obligate 
its Federal title IV-D grant funds no later than the last day of the 
funding period for which they were awarded. Any of these funds remaining 
unobligated after that date must be returned to the Department.
    (c) Liquidation period. A Tribe or Tribal organization must 
liquidate the Federal title IV-D grant funds obligated during the 
obligation period specified in paragraph (b) of this section no later 
than the last day of the 12-month period immediately following the 
obligation period. Any of these funds remaining unliquidated after that 
date must be returned to the Department.
    (d) Funding reductions. As required under Sec. 309.130(b)(3), a 
Tribe or Tribal organization will report quarterly on Form SF 269A the 
amount of Federal title IV-D grant funds that have been obligated and 
liquidated and the amounts that remain unobligated and unliquidated at 
the end of each fiscal quarter during the obligation and liquidation 
periods. The Department will reduce the amount of the Tribe or Tribal 
organization's Federal title IV-D grant funds for the funding period by 
any amount reported as remaining unobligated on the report following the 
last day of the obligation period. The Department will further reduce 
the amount of the Tribe or Tribal organization's Federal title IV-D 
grant funds for the funding period by any amount reported as remaining 
unliquidated on the report following the last day of the liquidation 
period.
    (e) Extension requests. A Tribe or Tribal organization may submit a 
written request for an extension of the deadline for liquidating Federal 
title IV-D grant funds. Such a request must be sent to ACF, to the 
attention of the Federal grants officer named on the most recent grant 
award. The request must be submitted as soon as it is clear that such an 
extension will be needed; any request received after the end of the 
liquidation period will not be considered. The request must include a 
detailed explanation of the extenuating circumstances or other reasons 
for the request and must state the date by which the Tribe anticipates 
all obligated funds will be liquidated. Unless the Tribe receives a 
written approval of its request, the deadline stated in paragraph (c) of 
this section remains in effect.