---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 283.9"
title: "45"
number: "283.9"
heading: "What do eligible States need to know to access and use the bonus funds?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/283.9"
---

# §283.9. What do eligible States need to know to access and use the bonus funds?

- (a) States must use the bonus funds to carry out the purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant in section [401](/cfr/45/401.md) and [404](/cfr/45/404.md) of the Act. This may include statewide programs to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies.
- (b) As applicable, these funds are subject to the requirements in, and the limitations of, sections [404](/cfr/45/404.md) and [408](/cfr/45/408.md) of the Act.
- (c) For Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, the bonus award funds are not subject to the mandatory ceilings on funding established in [section 1108(c)(4)](/cfr/45/1108.md?p=c-4) of the Act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 603.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 18493, Apr. 14, 1999, unless otherwise noted.