[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: 25CFR23.49]



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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.  23.49  Fair and uniform provision of services.



    (a) Grants awarded under this part shall include provisions assuring 

compliance with the Indian Civil Rights Act; prohibiting discriminatory 

distinctions among eligible Indian beneficiaries; and assuring the fair 

and uniform provision by the grantees of the services and assistance 

they provide to eligible Indian beneficiaries under such grants. Such 

procedures must include criteria by which eligible Indian beneficiaries 

will receive services, recordkeeping mechanisms adequate to verify the 

fairness and uniformity of services in cases of formal complaints, and 

an explanation of what rights will be afforded an individual pending the 

resolution of a complaint.

    (b) Indian beneficiaries of the services to be rendered under a 

grant shall be afforded access to administrative or judicial bodies 

empowered to adjudicate complaints, claims, or grievances brought by 

such Indian beneficiaries against the grantee arising out of the 

performance of the grant.