---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1355.56"
title: "45"
number: "1355.56"
heading: "Requirements for S/TACWIS and non-S/TACWIS projects during and after the transition period."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1355.56"
---

# §1355.56. Requirements for S/TACWIS and non-S/TACWIS projects during and after the transition period.

- (a) During the transition period a title IV-E agency with a S/TACWIS project may continue to claim title IV-E funding according to the cost allocation methodology approved by ACF for development or the operational cost allocation plan approved by the Department, or both.
- (b) A S/TACWIS project must meet the submission requirements of [§ 1355.52(i)(1)](/cfr/45/1355.52.md?p=i-1) during the transition period to qualify for the CCWIS cost allocation methodology described in [§ 1355.57(a)](/cfr/45/1355.57.md?p=a) after the transition period.
- (c) A title IV-E agency with a S/TACWIS may request approval to initiate a new CCWIS and qualify for the CCWIS cost allocation methodology described in [§ 1355.57(b)](/cfr/45/1355.57.md?p=b) by meeting the submission requirements of [§ 1355.52(i)(1)](/cfr/45/1355.52.md?p=i-1).
- (d) **A title IV-E agency that elects not to transition a S/TACWIS project to a CCWIS project must—**
  - (1) Notify ACF in an APD or Notice of Intent submitted during the transition period of this election; and
  - (2) Continue to use the S/TACWIS through its life expectancy in accordance with [45 CFR 95.619](/cfr/45/95.619.md).
- (e) A title IV-E agency that elects not to transition its S/TACWIS project to a CCWIS and fails to meet the requirements of [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section is subject to funding recoupment described under [§ 1355.58(d)](/cfr/45/1355.58.md?p=d).
- (f) A title IV-E agency with a non-S/TACWIS (as defined in [§ 1355.51](/cfr/45/1355.51.md)) that elects to build a CCWIS or transition to a CCWIS must meet the submission requirements of [§ 1355.52(i)(1)](/cfr/45/1355.52.md?p=i-1):
  - (1) During the transition period to qualify for a CCWIS cost allocation as described at [§ 1355.57(a)](/cfr/45/1355.57.md?p=a); or
  - (2) At any time to request approval to initiate a new CCWIS and qualify for a CCWIS cost allocation as described at [§ 1355.57(b)](/cfr/45/1355.57.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 35481, June 2, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 620 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Amendments

[81 FR 35481, June 2, 2016]