---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1303.31"
title: "45"
number: "1303.31"
heading: "Determining and establishing delegate agencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1303.31"
---

# §1303.31. Determining and establishing delegate agencies.

- (a) If a grant recipient enters into an agreement with another entity to serve children, the grant recipient must determine whether the agreement meets the definition of “delegate agency” in [section 637(3)](/cfr/45/637.md?p=3) of the Act.
- (b) A grant recipient must not award a delegate agency federal financial assistance unless there is a written agreement and the responsible HHS official approves the agreement before the grant recipient delegates program operations.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 61412, Sept. 6, 2016, unless otherwise noted.