[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR23.32]

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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 D_Grants to Off-Reservation Indian Organizations for Title II 
                Indian Child and Family Service Programs
 
Sec. 23.32  Purpose of off-reservation grants.

    The Secretary or his/her designee is authorized to make grants to 
off-reservation Indian organizations to establish and operate off-
reservation Indian child and family service programs for the purpose of 
stabilizing Indian families and tribes, preventing the breakup of Indian 
families and, in particular, to ensure that the permanent removal of an 
Indian child from the custody of his/her Indian parent or Indian 
custodian shall be a last resort. Child and family service programs may 
include, but are not limited to:
    (a) A system for regulating, maintaining, and supporting Indian 
foster and adoptive homes, including a subsidy program under which 
Indian adoptive children may be provided support comparable to that for 
which they would be eligible as Indian foster children, taking into 
account the appropriate state standards of support for maintenance and 
medical needs;
    (b) The operation and maintenance of facilities and services for 
counseling and treatment of Indian families and Indian foster and 
adoptive children with the goal of strengthening and stabilizing Indian 
families;
    (c) Family assistance (including homemaker and home counselors), 
protective day care and afterschool care, employment support services, 
recreational activities, and respite care with the goal of strengthening 
Indian families and contributing toward family stability; and
    (d) Guidance, legal representation and advice to Indian families 
involved in state child custody proceedings.