Section 264.70 - What makes a State eligible to receive a provisional payment of contingency funds?(a) In order to receive a provisional payment of contingency funds, a State must:(1) Be a needy State, as defined in § 260.30 of this chapter; and(2) Submit to ACF a request for contingency funds for an eligible month (i.e., a month in which a State is a needy State).(b) A determination that a State is a needy State for a month makes that State eligible to receive a provisional payment of contingency funds for two consecutive months.(c) Only the 50 States and the District of Columbia may receive contingency funds. Territories and Tribal TANF grantees are not eligible.