(a) The general TANF definitions at Sec. Sec. 260.30 through 260.33 of this chapter apply to this part.
(b) The following definitions also apply to this part:
Countable State Expenditures means the amount of qualifying State expenditures, as defined in Sec. 264.75, plus the amount of contingency funds expended by the State in the fiscal year.
FAG means the Family Assistance Grant granted to a Territory pursuant to section 403(a)(1) of the Act. It is thus the Territorial equivalent of the SFAG, as defined at Sec. 260.30 of this chapter.
Food Stamp Trigger means a State's monthly average of individuals participating in the Food Stamp program (as of the last day of the month) for the most recent three-month period that exceeds its monthly average of individuals in the corresponding three-month period in the Food Stamp caseload for FY 1994 or FY 1995, whichever is less, by at least ten percent, assuming that the immigrant provisions of title IV and the Food Stamp provisions under title VII of PRWORA had been in effect in those years.
Unemployment Trigger means a State's average unemployment rate for the most recent three-month period of at least 6.5 percent and equal to at least 110 percent of the State's unemployment rate for the corresponding three-month period in either of the two preceding calendar years.