Title 25, Part 20 — Financial Assistance and Social Services Programs

What definitions clarify the meaning of the provisions of this part?

What is the purpose of this part?

What is the Bureau's policy in providing financial assistance and social services under this part?

Have the information collection requirements in this part been approved by the Office of Management and Budget?

What contact will the Bureau maintain with State, tribal, county, local, and other Federal agency programs?

How does the Bureau designate a service area and what information is required?

What is a tribal redesign plan?

Can a tribe incorporate assistance from other sources into a tribal redesign plan?

Must all tribes submit a tribal redesign plan?

Can tribes change eligibility criteria or levels of payments for General Assistance?

Must a tribe get approval for a tribal redesign plan?

Can a tribe use savings from a tribal redesign plan to meet other priorities of the tribe?

What if the tribal redesign plan leads to increased costs?

Can a tribe operating under a tribal redesign plan go back to operating under this part?

Can eligibility criteria or payments for Burial Assistance, Child Assistance, and Disaster Assistance and Emergency Assistance change?

Who qualifies for Direct Assistance under this subpart?

What is the goal of General Assistance?

Are Indian applicants required to seek assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?

When is an applicant eligible for General Assistance?

When will the Bureau review eligibility for General Assistance?

What is redetermination?

What is the payment standard for General Assistance?

What resources does the Bureau consider when determining need?

What does earned income include?

What does unearned income include?

What recurring income must be prorated?

What amounts will the Bureau deduct from earned income?

What amounts will the Bureau deduct from income or other resources?

How will the Bureau compute financial assistance payments?

What is the policy on employment?

Who is not covered by the employment policy?

What must a person covered by the employment policy do?

How will the ineligibility period be implemented?

What case management responsibilities does the social services worker have?

What responsibilities does the general assistance recipient have?

What Is Twep?

Does TWEP allow an incentive payment?

Who can receive a TWEP incentive payment?

Will the local TWEP be required to have written program procedures?

When can the Bureau provide Burial Assistance?

Who can apply for Burial Assistance?

Does Burial Assistance cover transportation costs?

When can the Bureau provide Disaster Assistance?

How can a tribe apply for Disaster Assistance?

When can the Bureau provide Emergency Assistance payments?

What is the payment standard for Emergency Assistance?

What is Adult Care Assistance?

Who can receive Adult Care Assistance?

How do I apply for Adult Care Assistance?

What happens after I apply?

What is the payment standard for Adult Care Assistance?

Who should receive Services to Children, Elderly, and Families?

What is included under Services to Children, Elderly, and Families?

When are protective services provided?

What do protective services include?

What information is contained in a social services assessment?

Who is eligible for Child Assistance?

What services can be paid for with Child Assistance funds?

Can Child Assistance funds be used to place Indian children in residential care facilities?

When can Child Assistance funds be used for Indian adoption or guardianship subsidies?

What short-term homemaker services can Child Assistance pay for?

What services are provided jointly with the Child Assistance Program?

What information is required in the foster care case file?

What requirements must foster care providers meet?

What must the social services agency do when a child is placed in foster care, residential care or guardianship home?

What must the social services worker do when a child is placed in foster care or residential care facility?

How is the court involved in child placements?

Should permanency plans be developed?

Can the Bureau/tribal contractors make Indian adoptive placements?

Should Interstate Compacts be used for the placement of children?

What assistance can the courts request from social services on behalf of children?

What is required for case management?

How are child abuse, neglect or exploitation cases to be handled?

Who can apply for financial assistance or social services?

How can applications be submitted?

How does the Bureau verify eligibility for social services?

How is an application approved or denied?

How is an applicant or recipient notified that benefits or services are denied or changed?

What happens when an applicant or recipient appeals a decision under this subpart?

How is an incorrect payment adjusted or recovered?

What happens when applicants or recipients knowingly and willfully provide false or fraudulent information?

Can an applicant or recipient appeal the decision of a Bureau official?

Does a recipient receive financial assistance while an appeal is pending?

When is an appeal hearing scheduled?

What must the written notice of hearing include?

Who conducts the hearing or appeal of a Bureau decision or action and what is the process?

Can an applicant or recipient appeal a tribal decision?