[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: 25CFR23.3]



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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 A_Purpose, Definitions, and Policy

 

Sec.  23.3  Policy.



    In enacting the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-608, 

the Congress has declared that it is the policy of this Nation to 

protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the 

stability and security of Indian tribes and Indian families by the 

establishment of minimum Federal standards to prevent the arbitrary 

removal of Indian children from their families and tribes and to ensure 

that measures which prevent the breakup of Indian families are followed 

in child custody proceedings (25 U.S.C. 1902). Indian child and family 

service programs receiving title II funds and operated by federally 

recognized Indian tribes and off-reservation Indian organizations shall 

reflect the unique values of Indian culture and promote the stability 

and security of Indian children, Indian families and Indian communities. 

It is the policy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to emphasize and 

facilitate the comprehensive design, development and implementation of 

Indian child and family service programs in coordination with other 

Federal, state, local, and tribal programs which strengthen and preserve 

Indian families and Indian tribes.