[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: 25CFR23.42]



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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.