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[CITE: 25USC1931]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                    CHAPTER 21--INDIAN CHILD WELFARE
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--INDIAN CHILD AND FAMILY PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 1931. Grants for on or near reservation programs and child 
        welfare codes
        

(a) Statement of purpose; scope of programs

    The Secretary is authorized to make grants to Indian tribes and 
organizations in the establishment and operation of Indian child and 
family service programs on or near reservations and in the preparation 
and implementation of child welfare codes. The objective of every Indian 
child and family service program shall be to prevent the breakup of 
Indian families and, in particular, to insure that the permanent removal 
of an Indian child from the custody of his parent or Indian custodian 
shall be a last resort. Such child and family service programs may 
include, but are not limited to--
        (1) a system for licensing or otherwise regulating Indian foster 
    and adoptive homes;
        (2) the operation and maintenance of facilities for the 
    counseling and treatment of Indian families and for the temporary 
    custody of Indian children;
        (3) family assistance, including homemaker and home counselors, 
    day care, afterschool care, and employment, recreational activities, 
    and respite care;
        (4) home improvement programs;
        (5) the employment of professional and other trained personnel 
    to assist the tribal court in the disposition of domestic relations 
    and child welfare matters;
        (6) education and training of Indians, including tribal court 
    judges and staff, in skills relating to child and family assistance 
    and service programs;
        (7) a subsidy program under which Indian adoptive children may 
    be provided support comparable to that for which they would be 
    eligible as foster children, taking into account the appropriate 
    State standards of support for maintenance and medical needs; and
        (8) guidance, legal representation, and advice to Indian 
    families involved in tribal, State, or Federal child custody 
    proceedings.

(b) Non-Federal matching funds for related Social Security or other 
        Federal financial assistance programs; assistance for such 
        programs unaffected; State licensing or approval for 
        qualification for assistance under federally assisted program

    Funds appropriated for use by the Secretary in accordance with this 
section may be utilized as non-Federal matching share in connection with 
funds provided under titles IV-B and XX of the Social Security Act [42 
U.S.C. 620 et seq., 1397 et seq.] or under any other Federal financial 
assistance programs which contribute to the purpose for which such funds 
are authorized to be appropriated for use under this chapter. The 
provision or possibility of assistance under this chapter shall not be a 
basis for the denial or reduction of any assistance otherwise authorized 
under titles IV-B and XX of the Social Security Act or any other 
federally assisted program. For purposes of qualifying for assistance 
under a federally assisted program, licensing or approval of foster or 
adoptive homes or institutions by an Indian tribe shall be deemed 
equivalent to licensing or approval by a State.

(Pub. L. 95-608, title II, Sec. 201, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3075.)

                       References in Text

    The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 14, 
1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Titles IV-B and XX of the 
Social Security Act are classified generally to part B (Sec. 620 et 
seq.) of subchapter IV and subchapter XX (Sec. 1397 et seq.) of chapter 
7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and 
Tables.
