CFR > Title 45 - 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 (parts 200 to 288) > PART 264—OTHER ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS > SUBPART B—What Are the Requirements for the Contingency Fund? (§264.70 to §264.77) > 264.71—What determines the amount of the provisional payment of contingency funds that will be made to a State?

264.71—What determines the amount of the provisional payment of contingency funds that will be made to a State?

We will make a provisional payment to a State that meets the requirements of § 264.70, within the following limits:
(a) The amount that we will pay to a State in a fiscal year will not exceed an amount equal to 1/12 times 20 percent of that State's SFAG for that fiscal year, multiplied by the number of eligible months for which the State has requested contingency funds;
(b) The total amount that we will pay to all States during a fiscal year will not exceed the amount appropriated for this purpose; and
(c) We will pay contingency funds to States in the order in which we receive requests for such payments.