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Attachment E

Title IV-B State Plan Assurances

The assurances listed below are in 45 CFR 1357.15(c) and title IV-B sections 422(b)(12) and 432(a)(9). These assurances will remain in effect during the period of the CFSP.

(1) The Indian Tribe must assure that it will participate in any evaluations the Secretary of HHS may require.

(2) The Indian Tribe must assure that it will administer the CFSP in accordance with methods determined by the Secretary to be proper and efficient.

(3) The Indian Tribe must assure that it has a plan for the training and use of paid paraprofessional staff, with particular emphasis on the full-time or part-time employment of low-income persons, as community service aides; and a plan for the use of non-paid or partially-paid volunteers in providing services and in assisting any advisory committees established by the Tribe.

(4) The Indian Tribe must assure that standards and requirements imposed with respect to child care under title XX shall apply with respect to day care services, if provided under the CFSP, except insofar as eligibility for such services is involved.

(5) The Tribe must assure that, in administering and conducting service programs under this plan, the safety of the children to be served shall be of paramount concern.

(6) The Tribe must assure that plans will be developed for the effective use of cross-jurisdictional resources to facilitate timely adoptive or permanent placements for waiting children.

Effective Date and Tribal Official's Signature

I hereby certify that the _______________________ Indian Tribe agrees to comply with the above assurances.

Certified by: ________________________________________________
Title:______________________________________________________
Agency:____________________________________________________
Dated:_____________________________________________________

Reviewed by:_______________________________________________
                                  ACF Regional Representative
Dated:_____________________________________________________

Attachments

PI-02-05