---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 641.320"
title: "20"
number: "641.320"
heading: "Must all national grantees operating within a State participate in the State planning process?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/641.320"
---

# §641.320. Must all national grantees operating within a State participate in the State planning process?

- (a) The eligibility provision at OAA [§ 514(c)(6)](/cfr/20/514.md?p=c-6) requires national grantees to coordinate activities with other organizations at the State and local levels. Therefore, except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, any national grantee that does not participate in the State planning process may be deemed ineligible to receive SCSEP funds in the following Program Year.
- (b) National grantees serving older American Indians, or Pacific Island and Asian Americans, with funds reserved under OAA [sec. 506(a)(3)](/cfr/20/506.md?p=a-3), are exempted from the requirement to participate in the State planning processes under [sec. 503(a)(9)](/cfr/20/503.md?p=a-9) of the OAA. Although these national grantees may choose not to participate in the State planning process, the Department encourages their participation. Only those grantees using reserved funds are exempt; if a grantee is awarded one grant with reserved funds and another grant with non-reserved funds, the grantee is required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to participate in the State planning process for purposes of the non-reserved funds grant.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 53812, Sept. 1, 2010, as amended at 82 FR 56882, Dec. 1, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3056-3056p.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 53812, Sept. 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 53812, Sept. 1, 2010, as amended at 82 FR 56882, Dec. 1, 2017]