{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-264.71","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 264.71","heading":"What determines the amount of the provisional payment of contingency funds that will be made to a State?","body":"We will make a provisional payment to a State that meets the requirements of § 264.70, within the following limits:\n(a) The amount that we will pay to a State in a fiscal year will not exceed an amount equal to 1/12 times 20 percent of that State's SFAG for that fiscal year, multiplied by the number of eligible months for which the State has requested contingency funds;\n(b) The total amount that we will pay to all States during a fiscal year will not exceed the amount appropriated for this purpose; and\n(c) We will pay contingency funds to States in the order in which we receive requests for such payments.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER II—OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","PART 264—OTHER ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS","Subpart B—What Are the Requirements for the Contingency Fund?"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"d85b08fb8bf267e3ea45520347e2c317960864732755142a78432b621fea920f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-264.70","next":"us/45-cfr-264.72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}