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§629d Payments to States

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES › Part Part B— - Child and Family Services › Subpart subpart 2— - promoting safe and stable families › § 629d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

States with an approved program must get federal payments that cover up to 75% of their program spending, but not more than the state's yearly program allotment. There are two payment parts: one for general plan activities and another for a specific group of activities named in the law. The 75% rule applies to spending in the fiscal year or the next fiscal year, and each payment is limited by the state’s yearly allotment for that category. Payments for administrative costs are limited so the federal share won’t pay more than 10% of the State’s total program spending for that year. If a state gets these payments, it cannot use other federal money to pay for parts of the plan that the payment does not cover. The state must spend the payment by the end of the next fiscal year. If an Indian tribe or tribal consortium is owed money, the payment must go straight to the tribe’s own organization or to the group or entity the tribes choose.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §629d

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(a)Each State that has a plan approved under section 629b of this title shall, subject to subsection (d), be entitled to payment of the sum of—
(1)the lesser of—
(A)75 percent of the total expenditures by the State for activities under the plan during the fiscal year or the immediately succeeding fiscal year; or
(B)the allotment of the State under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 629c of this title, whichever is applicable, for the fiscal year; and
(2)the lesser of—
(A)75 percent of the total expenditures by the State in accordance with section 629f(b)(3)(B) of this title during the fiscal year or the immediately succeeding fiscal year; or
(B)the allotment of the State under section 629c(e) of this title for the fiscal year.
(b)(1)Each State receiving an amount paid under subsection (a) may not expend any Federal funds to meet the costs of services under the State plan under section 629b of this title not covered by the amount so paid.
(2)A State may not expend any amount paid under subsection (a) for any fiscal year after the end of the immediately succeeding fiscal year.
(c)The Secretary shall pay any amount to which an Indian tribe or tribal consortium is entitled under this section directly to the tribal organization of the Indian tribe or in the case of a payment to a tribal consortium, such tribal organizations of, or entity established by, the Indian tribes that are part of the consortium as the consortium shall designate.
(d)The Secretary shall not make a payment to a State under this section with respect to expenditures for administrative costs during a fiscal year, to the extent that the total amount of the expenditures exceeds 10 percent of the total expenditures of the State during the fiscal year under the State plan approved under section 629b of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 434 of act Aug. 14, 1935, was classified to section 634 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–485.

Amendments

2025—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 118–258 substituted “629f(b)(3)(B) of this title” for “629f(b)(4)(B) of this title”. 2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–288, § 4(a)(3), substituted “the sum of—” for “the lesser of—” in introductory provisions, added pars. (1) and (2), and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows: “(1) 75 percent of the total expenditures by the State for activities under the plan during the fiscal year or the immediately succeeding fiscal year; or “(2) the allotment of the State under section 629c of this title for the fiscal year.” Pub. L. 109–288, § 3(f)(1)(A), inserted “, subject to subsection (d),” after “shall” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–288, § 5(b)(3)(B), in heading inserted “or tribal consortia” after “tribes” and in text inserted “or tribal consortium” after “to which an Indian tribe” and “or in the case of a payment to a tribal consortium, such tribal organizations of, or entity established by, the Indian tribes that are part of the consortium as the consortium shall designate” after “of the Indian tribe”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–288, § 3(f)(1)(B), added subsec. (d). 2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–133, § 104(a), struck out par. (1) designation and heading after subsec. heading, substituted “Each State that has a plan approved under section 629b of this title shall be entitled to payment of the lesser of—” for “Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each State which has a plan approved under this subpart shall be entitled to payment of the lesser of—”, redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) of former par. (1) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and realigned their margins, and struck out former par. (2) which related to a special rule for fiscal year 1994. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107–133, § 104(b)(1), struck out “paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of” after “amount paid under” and substituted “under the State plan under section 629b of this title” for “described in this subpart”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–133, § 104(b)(2), substituted “subsection (a)” for “subsection (a)(1)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2025 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 118–258 effective Oct. 1, 2025, and applicable to payments under this part for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, with delay permitted if either State legislation or tribal action is required to meet additional requirements, see section 117 of Pub. L. 118–258, set out as a note under section 622 of this title.

Effective Date

of 2006 Amendment Pub. L. 109–288, § 3(f)(2), Sept. 28, 2006, 120 Stat. 1236, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to expenditures made on or after October 1, 2007.” Amendment by Pub. L. 109–288 effective Oct. 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided, and applicable to payments under this part and part E of this subchapter for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, without regard to whether implementing

Regulations

have been promulgated, and with delay permitted if State legislation is required to meet additional requirements, see section 12(a), (b) of Pub. L. 109–288, set out as a note under section 621 of this title.

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–133 effective Jan. 17, 2002, with delay permitted if State legislation is required, see section 301 of Pub. L. 107–133, set out as a note under section 629 of this title. Emergency Funding for the Marylee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Pub. L. 116–260, div. X, § 6, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2413, provided that: “(a) In General.—Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $85,000,000 to carry out section 436(a) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629f(a)] for fiscal year 2021, in addition to any amounts otherwise made available for such purpose. For purposes of section 436(b) of such Act, the amount made available by the preceding sentence shall be considered part of the amount specified in such section 436(a). “(b) Inapplicability of State Matching Requirement to Additional Funds.—In making payments under section 434(a) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629d(a)] from the additional funds made available as a result of subsection (a) of this section, the percentage specified in section 434(a)(1) of such Act is deemed to be 100 percent.”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 629d

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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