---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 286.155"
title: "45"
number: "286.155"
heading: "May a Tribe condition eligibility for Tribal TANF assistance on assignment of child support to the Tribe?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/286.155"
---

# §286.155. May a Tribe condition eligibility for Tribal TANF assistance on assignment of child support to the Tribe?

- (a) Tribes have the option to condition eligibility for Tribal TANF assistance on assignment of child support to the Tribe consistent with [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) For Tribes choosing to condition eligibility for Tribal TANF assistance on assignment of child support to the Tribe, the TFAP must address the following—
  - (1) Procedures for ensuring that assigned child support collections in excess of the amount of Tribal TANF assistance received by the family will not be retained by the Tribe; and
  - (2) How any amounts generated under an assignment and retained by the Tribe will be used to further the Tribe's TANF program, consistent with [§ 286.45(f)](/cfr/45/286.45.md?p=f).

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 8530, Feb. 18, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 16672, Mar. 30, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 601, 604, and 612; Public Law 111-5.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 8530, Feb. 18, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 8530, Feb. 18, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 16672, Mar. 30, 2004]