[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45 Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1326.15]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1326_GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES FOR SUPPORT AND NUTRITION SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1326.15  Nutrition services.



    (a) In addition to providing nutrition services to older Indians, a 

tribal organization may:

    (1) Provide nutrition services to the spouses of older Indians;

    (2) Provide nutrition services to non-elderly handicapped or 

disabled Indians who reside in housing facilities occupied primarily by 

the elderly, at which congregate nutrition services are provided;

    (3) Offer a meal, on the same basis as meals are provided to older 

Indians, to individuals providing volunteer services during meal hours; 

and

    (4) Provide a meal to individuals with disabilities who reside in a 

non-institutional household with and accompany a person eligible for 

congregate meals under that part.

    (b) Each tribal organization may receive cash payments in lieu of 

donated foods for all or any portion of its funding available under 

section 311(a)(4) of the Act. To receive cash or commodities, the tribal 

organization shall have an agreement with the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to be a distributing 

agency.

    (c) Where applicable, the tribal organization shall work with 

agencies responsible for administering other programs to facilitate 

participation of older Indians.