[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1357.30]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1357_REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO TITLE IV-B--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1357.30  State fiscal requirements (title IV-B, subpart 1, child 

welfare services).



    (a) Scope. The requirements of this section shall apply to all funds 

allotted or reallotted to States under title IV-B, subpart 1.

    (b) Allotments. Allotments for each State shall be determined in 

accordance with section 421 of the Act.

    (c) Payments. Payments to States shall be made in accordance with 

section 423 of the Act.

    (d) Enforcement and termination. In the event of a State's failure 

to comply with the terms of the grant under title IV-B, subpart 1, the 

provisions of 45 CFR 92.43 and 92.44 will apply.

    (e) Matching or cost-sharing. Federal financial participation is 

available only if costs are incurred in implementing sections 422, 423, 

and 425 of the Act in accordance with the grants administration 

requirements of 45 CFR part 92 with the following conditions--

    (1) The State's contribution may be in cash, donated funds, and non-

public third party in-kind contributions.

    (2) The total of Federal funds used for the following purposes under 

title IV-B, subpart 1 may not exceed an amount equal to the FY 1979 

Federal payment under title IV-B:



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    (i) Child day care necessary solely because of the employment, or 

training to prepare for employment, of a parent or other relative with 

whom the child involved is living, plus;

    (ii) Foster care maintenance payments, plus;

    (iii) Adoption assistance payments.

    (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (e)(2) of this section, State 

expenditures required to match the title IV-B, subpart 1 allotment may 

include foster care maintenance expenditures in any amount.

    (f) Prohibition against purchase or construction of facilities. 

Funds awarded under title IV-B may not be used for the purchase or 

construction of facilities.

    (g) Maintenance of effort. (1) A State may not receive an amount of 

Federal funds under title IV-B in excess of the Federal payment made in 

FY 1979 under title IV-B unless the State's total expenditure of State 

and local appropriated funds for child welfare services under title IV-B 

of the Act is equal to or greater than the total of the State's 

expenditure from State and local appropriated funds used for similar 

covered services and programs under title IV-B in FY 1979.

    (2) In computing a State's level of expenditures under this section 

in FY 1979 and any subsequent fiscal year, the following costs shall not 

be included--

    (i) Expenditures and costs for child day care necessary to support 

the employment of a parent or other relative;

    (ii) Foster care maintenance payments; and

    (iii) Adoption assistance payments.

    (3) A State applying for an amount of Federal funds under title IV-B 

greater than the amount of title IV-B, subpart 1 funds received by that 

State in FY 1979 shall certify:

    (i) The amount of their expenditure in FY 1979 for child welfare 

services as described in paragraphs (g) (1) and (2) of this section, and

    (ii) The amount of State and local funds that have been appropriated 

and are available for child welfare services as described in paragraphs 

(g) (1) and (2) of this section for the fiscal year for which 

application for funds is being made. Records verifying the required 

certification shall be maintained by the State and made available to the 

Secretary as necessary to confirm compliance with this section.

    (h) Reallotment. (1) When a State certifies to the Commissioner that 

funds available to that State under its title IV-B, subpart 1 allotment 

will not be required, those funds shall be available for reallotment to 

other States.

    (2) When a State, after receiving notice from the Commissioner of 

the availability of funds, does not certify by a date fixed by the 

Commissioner that it will be able to expend during the period stated in 

paragraph (i) of this section all of the funds available to it under its 

title IV-B, subpart 1 allotment, those funds shall be available for 

reallotment to other States.

    (3) The Commissioner may reallot available funds to another State 

when it is determined that--

    (i) The requesting State's plan requires funds in excess of the 

State's original allotment; and

    (ii) the State will be able to expend the additional funds during 

the period stated in paragraph (i) of this section.

    (i) Time limit on expenditures. Funds under title IV-B, subpart 1, 

must be expended by September 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal 

year in which the funds were awarded.



[61 FR 58660, Nov. 18, 1996]