45 CFR § 302.38
Payments to the family
April 14, 2021
The State plan shall provide that any payment required to be made under §§302.32 and 302.51 to a family will be made directly to the resident parent, legal guardian, caretaker relative having custody of or responsibility for the child or children, judicially-appointed conservator with a legal and fiduciary duty to the custodial parent and the child, or alternate caretaker designated in a record by the custodial parent. An alternate caretaker is a nonrelative caretaker who is designated in a record by the custodial parent to take care of the children for a temporary time period.
[81 FR 93562, Dec. 20, 2016]