---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Public Welfare"
key: "subtB/chII/part205"
level: "part"
label: "Part 205"
heading: "General Administration—public Assistance Programs"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/subtB-chII-part205"
sections_count: 28
---

# Part 205 — General Administration—public Assistance Programs

Title 45 C.F.R. — Public Welfare › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Public Welfare › Chapter II — Office of Family Assistance (assistance Programs), Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services

## Sections

- [§205.5. Plan amendments.](/cfr/45/205.5.md)
- [§205.10. Hearings.](/cfr/45/205.10.md)
- [§205.25. Eligibility of supplemental security income beneficiaries for food stamps or surplus commodities.](/cfr/45/205.25.md)
- [§205.30. Methods of administration.](/cfr/45/205.30.md)
- [§205.32. Procedures for issuance of replacement checks.](/cfr/45/205.32.md)
- [§205.35. Mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems; definitions.](/cfr/45/205.35.md)
- [§205.36. State plan requirements.](/cfr/45/205.36.md)
- [§205.37. Responsibilities of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).](/cfr/45/205.37.md)
- [§205.38. Federal financial participation (FFP) for establishing a statewide mechanized system.](/cfr/45/205.38.md)
- [§205.44. Reserved](/cfr/45/205.44.md)
- [§205.45. Federal financial participation in relation to State emergency welfare preparedness.](/cfr/45/205.45.md)
- [§205.50. Safeguarding information for the financial assistance programs.](/cfr/45/205.50.md)
- [§205.51. Income and eligibility verification requirements.](/cfr/45/205.51.md)
- [§205.52. Furnishing of social security numbers.](/cfr/45/205.52.md)
- [§205.55. Requirements for requesting and furnishing eligibility and income information.](/cfr/45/205.55.md)
- [§205.56. Requirements governing the use of income and eligibility information.](/cfr/45/205.56.md)
- [§205.57. Maintenance of a machine readable file; requests for income and eligibility information.](/cfr/45/205.57.md)
- [§205.58. Income and eligibility information; specific agreements required between the State agency and the agency supplying the information.](/cfr/45/205.58.md)
- [§205.60. Reports and maintenance of records.](/cfr/45/205.60.md)
- [§205.70. Availability of agency program manuals.](/cfr/45/205.70.md)
- [§205.100. Single State agency.](/cfr/45/205.100.md)
- [§205.101. Organization for administration.](/cfr/45/205.101.md)
- [§205.120. Statewide operation.](/cfr/45/205.120.md)
- [§205.130. State financial participation.](/cfr/45/205.130.md)
- [§205.150. Cost allocation.](/cfr/45/205.150.md)
- [§205.160. Equipment—Federal financial participation.](/cfr/45/205.160.md)
- [§205.170. State standards for office space, equipment, and facilities.](/cfr/45/205.170.md)
- [§205.190. Standard-setting authority for institutions.](/cfr/45/205.190.md)