---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 263.11"
title: "45"
number: "263.11"
heading: "What uses of Federal TANF funds are improper?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/263.11"
---

# §263.11. What uses of Federal TANF funds are improper?

- (a) States may use Federal TANF funds for expenditures:
  - (1) That are reasonably calculated to accomplish the purposes of TANF, as specified at [§ 260.20](/cfr/45/260.20.md) of this chapter; or
  - (2) For which the State was authorized to use IV-A or IV-F funds under prior law, as in effect on September 30, 1995 (or, at the option of the State, August 21, 1996).
- (b) We will consider use of funds in violation of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, sections [404](/cfr/45/404.md) and [408](/cfr/45/408.md) and other provisions of the Act, [section 115(a)(1)](/cfr/45/115.md?p=a-1) of PRWORA, or 2 CFR parts [200](/cfr/2/part200.md) and [300](/cfr/2/part300.md) to be misuse of funds.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 17893, Apr. 12, 1999, as amended at 81 FR 3020, Jan. 20, 2016; 89 FR 80071, Oct. 2, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 604, 607, 609, and 862a; Pub. L. 109-171.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 17893, Apr. 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 17893, Apr. 12, 1999, as amended at 81 FR 3020, Jan. 20, 2016; 89 FR 80071, Oct. 2, 2024]