[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1326.15]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1326--GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES FOR SUPPORT AND NUTRITION SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1326.15  Nutrition services.

    (a) In addition to providing nutrition services to older Indians, a 
tribal organization may:
    (1) Provide nutrition services to the spouses of older Indians;
    (2) Provide nutrition services to non-elderly handicapped or 
disabled Indians who reside in housing facilities occupied primarily by 
the elderly, at which congregate nutrition services are provided;
    (3) Offer a meal, on the same basis as meals are provided to older 
Indians, to individuals providing volunteer services during meal hours; 
and
    (4) Provide a meal to individuals with disabilities who reside in a 
non-institutional household with and accompany a person eligible for 
congregate meals under that part.
    (b) Each tribal organization may receive cash payments in lieu of 
donated foods for all or any portion of its funding available under 
section 311(a)(4) of the Act. To receive cash or commodities, the tribal 
organization shall have an agreement with the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to be a distributing 
agency.
    (c) Where applicable, the tribal organization shall work with 
agencies responsible for administering other programs to facilitate 
participation of older Indians.