[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 25, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 25CFR23.31]



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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS

 

     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 23_INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart D_Grants to Off-Reservation Indian Organizations for Title II 

                Indian Child and Family Service Programs

 

Sec.  23.31  Competitive off-reservation grant process.





    (a) Grant application procedures and related information may be 

obtained from the Area Director designated at Sec.  23.11 for processing 

ICWA notices for the state in which the applicant is located. Pre-award 

and ongoing technical assistance of off-reservation Indian organization 

grantees shall be provided in accordance with Sec.  23.42.

    (b) Prior to the beginning of or during the applicable year(s) in 

which grants for off-reservation programs will be awarded competitively, 

the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs shall publish in the Federal 

Register an announcement of the grant application process for the 

year(s), including program priorities or special considerations (if 

any), applicant eligibility criteria, the required application contents, 

the amount of available funding and evaluation criteria for off-

reservation programs.

    (c) Based on the announcement described in paragraph (b) of this 

section, an off-reservation applicant shall prepare a multi-year 

developmental application in accordance with Sec.  23.33 of this 

subpart. To be considered in the area competitive review and scoring 

process, a complete application must be received by the deadline 

announced in the Federal Register by the Area Director designated at 

Sec.  23.11 for processing ICWA notices for the state in which the 

applicant is located.

    (d) Eligibility requirements for off-reservation Indian 

organizations. The Secretary or his/her designee shall, contingent upon 

the availability of funds, make a multi-year grant under this subpart 

for an off-reservation program when officially requested by a resolution 

of the board of directors of the Indian organization applicant, upon the 

applicant's fulfillment of the mandatory application requirements and 

upon the applicant's successful competition pursuant to Sec.  23.33 of 

this subpart.

    (e) A grant under this subpart for an off-reservation Indian 

organization shall be limited to the board of directors of the Indian 

organization which will administer the grant.

    (f) Continued annual funding of a multi-year grant award to an off-

reservation ICWA program under this subpart shall be contingent upon the 

grantee's fulfillment of the requirements delineated at Sec.  23.33 (e).

    (g) Monitoring and program reporting requirements for grants awarded 

to off-reservation Indian organizations under this subpart are 

delineated at Sec. Sec.  23.44 and 23.47.