[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: 25CFR23.32]



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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.  23.32  Purpose of off-reservation grants.



    The Secretary or his/her designee is authorized to make grants to 

off-reservation Indian organizations to establish and operate off-

reservation Indian child and family service programs for the purpose of 

stabilizing Indian families and tribes, preventing the breakup of Indian 

families and, in particular, to ensure that the permanent removal of an 

Indian child from the custody of his/her Indian parent or Indian 

custodian shall be a last resort. Child and family service programs may 

include, but are not limited to:

    (a) A system for regulating, maintaining, and supporting Indian 

foster and adoptive homes, including a subsidy program under which 

Indian adoptive children may be provided support comparable to that for 

which they would be eligible as Indian foster children, taking into 

account the appropriate state standards of support for maintenance and 

medical needs;

    (b) The operation and maintenance of facilities and services for 

counseling and treatment of Indian families and Indian foster and 

adoptive children with the goal of strengthening and stabilizing Indian 

families;

    (c) Family assistance (including homemaker and home counselors), 

protective day care and afterschool care, employment support services, 

recreational activities, and respite care with the goal of strengthening 

Indian families and contributing toward family stability; and

    (d) Guidance, legal representation and advice to Indian families 

involved in state child custody proceedings.



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