---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 400.117"
title: "45"
number: "400.117"
heading: "Provision of care and services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/400.117"
---

# §400.117. Provision of care and services.

- (a) A State may provide care and services to an unaccompanied minor directly or through arrangements with a public or private child welfare agency approved or licensed under State law.
- (b) If a State arranges for the care and services through a public or private nonprofit child welfare agency, it must retain oversight responsibility for the appropriateness of the unaccompanied minor's care.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 51 FR 3915, Jan. 30, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(9)).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 59323, Sept. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.