[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR23.34]

[Page 113-114]
 
                            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. 23.34  Review and decision on off-reservation applications by Area Director.

    (a) Area office certification. Upon receipt of an application for a 
grant by an off-reservation Indian organization

[[Page 114]]

at the area office, the Area Director shall:
    (1) Complete and sign the area office certification form. In 
completing the area certification form, the Area Director shall assess 
and certify whether applications contain and meet all the application 
requirements specified at Sec. 23.33. Area Directors shall be 
responsible for the completion of the area office certification forms 
for all applications submitted by off-reservation Indian organizations.
    (2) Acknowledge receipt of the application to the applicant and 
advise the applicant of the disposition of the application within 10 
days of receipt; and
    (3) Transmit all applications within five working days of receipt to 
the area review committee for competitive review and subsequent approval 
or disapproval of the applications.
    (b) Area office competitive review and decision for off-reservation 
applications. Upon receipt of an application for an off-reservation 
grant under this part requiring the approval of the Area Director, the 
Area Director shall:
    (1) Establish and convene an area review committee, chaired by a 
person qualified by knowledge, training and experience in the delivery 
of Indian child and family services.
    (2) Review the area office certification form required in paragraph 
(a) of this section.
    (3) Review the application in accordance with the competitive review 
procedures prescribed in Sec. 23.33. An application shall not receive 
approval for funding under the area competitive review and scoring 
process unless a review of the application determines that it:
    (i) Contains all the information required in Sec. 23.33 which must 
be received by the close of the application period. Modifications of the 
grant application received after the close of the application period 
shall not be considered in the competitive review process.
    (ii) Receives at least the established minimum score in an area 
competitive review, using the application selection criteria and scoring 
process set out in Sec. 23.33. The minimum score shall be established by 
the Central Office prior to each application period and announced in the 
Federal Register for the applicable grants year(s).
    (4) Approve or disapprove the application and promptly notify the 
applicant in writing of the approval or disapproval of the application. 
If the application is disapproved, the Area Director shall include in 
the written notice the specific reasons therefore.
    (c) The actual funding amounts for the initial grant year shall be 
subject to appropriations available nationwide and the continued funding 
of an approved off-reservation grant application under subpart D of this 
part shall be subject to available funds received by the respective area 
office for the applicable grant year. Initial funding decisions and 
subsequent decisions with respect to funding level amounts for all 
approved grant applications under this part shall be made by the Area 
Director.