---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 308.1"
title: "45"
number: "308.1"
heading: "Self-assessment implementation methodology."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/308.1"
---

# §308.1. Self-assessment implementation methodology.

- (a) The IV-D agency must ensure the review meets Federal requirements and must maintain responsibility for and control of the results produced and contents of the annual report.
- (b) **Sampling.** A State must either review all of its cases or conduct sampling which meets the following conditions:
  - (1) The sampling methodology maintains a minimum confidence level of 90 percent for each criterion;
  - (2) The State selects statistically valid samples of cases from the IV-D program universe of cases; and
  - (3) The State establishes a procedure for the design of samples and assures that no portions of the IV-D case universe are omitted from the sample selection process.
- (c) **Scope of review.** A State must conduct an annual review covering all of the required criteria in [Sec. 308.2](/cfr/45/308.2.md).
- (d) **Review period.** Each review period must cover a 12-month period. The first review period shall begin no later than 12 months after the effective date of the final rule and subsequent reviews shall each cover the same 12-month period thereafter.
- (e) **Reporting.**
  - (1) The State must provide a report of the results of the self-assessment review to the appropriate OCSE Regional Office, with a copy to the Commissioner of OCSE, no later than 6 months after the end of the review period.
  - (2) The report must include, but is not limited to:
    - (i) An executive summary, including a summary of the mandatory program criteria findings;
    - (ii) A description of optional program areas covered by the review;
    - (iii) A description of sampling methodology used, if applicable;
    - (iv) The results of the self-assessment reviews; and
    - (v) **A description of the corrective actions proposed and/or taken.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 654(15)(A) and 1302.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 77750, Dec. 12, 2000, unless otherwise noted.