[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1355.52]

[Page 286]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1355_GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1355.52  Funding authority for statewide automated child welfare 

information systems (SACWIS).

    (a) States may receive Federal reimbursement at the 75 percent match 
rate for FY 1994, FY 1995 and FY 1996, and at the 50 percent level 
thereafter for expenditures related to the planning, design, development 
and installation of a statewide automated child welfare information 
system, to the extent such system:
    (1) Provides for the State to collect and electronically report 
certain data required by section 479(b) of the Act and Sec. 1355.40 of 
this part;
    (2) To the extent practicable, provides for an interface with the 
State data collection system for child abuse and neglect;
    (3) To the extent practicable, provides for an interface with and 
retrieval of information from the State automated information system 
that collects information relating to the eligibility of individuals 
under title IV-A of the Act; and
    (4) Provides for more efficient, economical and effective 
administration of the programs carried out under a State plan approved 
under title IV-B and title IV-E.
    (b) States may also be reimbursed for the full amount of 
expenditures for the hardware components for such systems at the rates 
provided under paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) Expenditures for the operation of the automated information 
system described in paragraph (a) of this section are eligible for FFP 
at the 50 percent matching rate.

[58 FR 67945, Dec. 22, 1993]