[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 25CFR23.42]

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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 E--General and Uniform Grant Administration Provisions and 
                              Requirements
 
Sec. 23.42  Technical assistance.

    (a) Pre-award and ongoing technical assistance may be requested by 
an Indian tribe or off-reservation Indian organization from the 
appropriate agency or area office to which the tribe or organization 
will be submitting an application for funds under subparts C and D of 
this part. A request for pre-award technical assistance by an off-
reservation Indian organization must be received by the Area Director 
designated at Sec. 23.11 for the state in which the applicant is located 
no later than 10 days prior to the application deadline to assure 
sufficient time for area response.
    (b) Pre-award and ongoing technical assistance may be provided by 
the appropriate BIA agency or area office for purposes of program 
planning and design, assistance in establishing internal program 
monitoring and evaluation criteria for ongoing grant administration and 
management, and for other appropriate assistance requested.
    (c) The area social services staff shall provide technical 
assistance to grantees upon receipt of an authorized request from the 
grantee or when review of the grantee's quarterly performance reports 
shows that:
    (1) An ICWA program is yielding results that are or will be 
detrimental to the welfare of the intended Indian beneficiaries of the 
program;
    (2) A program has substantially failed to implement its goals and 
objectives;
    (3) There are serious irregularities in the fiscal management of the 
grant; or
    (4) The grantee is otherwise deficient in its program performance.
    (5) Upon receiving an authorized request from the grantee, the area 
social services staff and/or grants officer shall provide the necessary 
technical assistance to arrive at mutually determined corrective action 
measures and their actual implementation, if necessary, and the 
timeframes within which said corrective actions will be implemented.