[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR23.31]

[Page 112]
 
                            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 Secs. 23.44 and 23.47.