---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 98.51"
title: "45"
number: "98.51"
heading: "Services for children experiencing homelessness."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/98.51"
---

# §98.51. Services for children experiencing homelessness.


Lead Agencies shall expend funds on activities that improve access to quality child care services for children experiencing homelessness, including:

- (a) The use of procedures to permit enrollment (after an initial eligibility determination) of children experiencing homelessness while required documentation is obtained;
  - (1) If, after full documentation is provided, a family experiencing homelessness is found ineligible,
    - (i) The Lead Agency shall pay any amount owed to a child care provider for services provided as a result of the initial eligibility determination; and
    - (ii) Any CCDF payment made prior to the final eligibility determination shall not be considered an error or improper payment under subpart K of this part;
  - (2) [Reserved]
- (b) Training and technical assistance for providers and appropriate Lead Agency (or designated entity) staff on identifying and serving children experiencing homelessness and their families; and
- (c) **Specific outreach to families experiencing homelessness.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 67588, Sept. 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 618, 9857 et seq.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 39981, July 24, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 67588, Sept. 30, 2016]