Part 20 — Financial Assistance and Social Services Programs
Subpart A — Definitions, Purpose and Policy
- § 20.100— What definitions clarify the meaning of the provisions of this part?
- § 20.101— What is the purpose of this part?
- § 20.102— What is the Bureau's policy in providing financial assistance and social services under this part?
- § 20.103— Have the information collection requirements in this part been approved by the Office of Management and Budget?
Subpart B — Welfare Reform
- § 20.200— What contact will the Bureau maintain with State, tribal, county, local, and other Federal agency programs?
- § 20.201— How does the Bureau designate a service area and what information is required?
- § 20.202— What is a tribal redesign plan?
- § 20.203— Can a tribe incorporate assistance from other sources into a tribal redesign plan?
- § 20.204— Must all tribes submit a tribal redesign plan?
- § 20.205— Can tribes change eligibility criteria or levels of payments for General Assistance?
- § 20.206— Must a tribe get approval for a tribal redesign plan?
- § 20.207— Can a tribe use savings from a tribal redesign plan to meet other priorities of the tribe?
- § 20.208— What if the tribal redesign plan leads to increased costs?
- § 20.209— Can a tribe operating under a tribal redesign plan go back to operating under this part?
- § 20.210— Can eligibility criteria or payments for Burial Assistance, Child Assistance, and Disaster Assistance and Emergency Assistance change?
Subpart C — Direct Assistance
- § 20.300— Who qualifies for Direct Assistance under this subpart?
- § 20.301— What is the goal of General Assistance?
- § 20.302— Are Indian applicants required to seek assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?
- § 20.303— When is an applicant eligible for General Assistance?
- § 20.304— When will the Bureau review eligibility for General Assistance?
- § 20.305— What is redetermination?
- § 20.306— What is the payment standard for General Assistance?
- § 20.307— What resources does the Bureau consider when determining need?
- § 20.308— What does earned income include?
- § 20.309— What does unearned income include?
- § 20.310— What recurring income must be prorated?
- § 20.311— What amounts will the Bureau deduct from earned income?
- § 20.312— What amounts will the Bureau deduct from income or other resources?
- § 20.313— How will the Bureau compute financial assistance payments?
- § 20.314— What is the policy on employment?
- § 20.315— Who is not covered by the employment policy?
- § 20.316— What must a person covered by the employment policy do?
- § 20.317— How will the ineligibility period be implemented?
- § 20.318— What case management responsibilities does the social services worker have?
- § 20.319— What responsibilities does the general assistance recipient have?
- § 20.320— What is TWEP?
- § 20.321— Does TWEP allow an incentive payment?
- § 20.322— Who can receive a TWEP incentive payment?
- § 20.323— Will the local TWEP be required to have written program procedures?
- § 20.324— When can the Bureau provide Burial Assistance?
- § 20.325— Who can apply for Burial Assistance?
- § 20.326— Does Burial Assistance cover transportation costs?
- § 20.327— When can the Bureau provide Disaster Assistance?
- § 20.328— How can a tribe apply for Disaster Assistance?
- § 20.329— When can the Bureau provide Emergency Assistance payments?
- § 20.330— What is the payment standard for Emergency Assistance?
- § 20.331— What is Adult Care Assistance?
- § 20.332— Who can receive Adult Care Assistance?
- § 20.333— How do I apply for Adult Care Assistance?
- § 20.334— What happens after I apply?
- § 20.335— What is the payment standard for Adult Care Assistance?
Subpart D — Services to Children, Elderly, and Families
- § 20.400— Who should receive Services to Children, Elderly, and Families?
- § 20.401— What is included under Services to Children, Elderly, and Families?
- § 20.402— When are protective services provided?
- § 20.403— What do protective services include?
- § 20.404— What information is contained in a social services assessment?
Subpart E — Child Assistance
- § 20.500— Who is eligible for Child Assistance?
- § 20.501— What services can be paid for with Child Assistance funds?
- § 20.502— Can Child Assistance funds be used to place Indian children in residential care facilities?
- § 20.503— When can Child Assistance funds be used for Indian adoption or guardianship subsidies?
- § 20.504— What short-term homemaker services can Child Assistance pay for?
- § 20.505— What services are provided jointly with the Child Assistance Program?
- § 20.506— What information is required in the foster care case file?
- § 20.507— What requirements must foster care providers meet?
- § 20.508— What must the social services agency do when a child is placed in foster care, residential care or guardianship home?
- § 20.509— What must the social services worker do when a child is placed in foster care or residential care facility?
- § 20.510— How is the court involved in child placements?
- § 20.511— Should permanency plans be developed?
- § 20.512— Can the Bureau/tribal contractors make Indian adoptive placements?
- § 20.513— Should Interstate Compacts be used for the placement of children?
- § 20.514— What assistance can the courts request from social services on behalf of children?
- § 20.515— What is required for case management?
- § 20.516— How are child abuse, neglect or exploitation cases to be handled?
Subpart F — Administrative Procedures
- § 20.600— Who can apply for financial assistance or social services?
- § 20.601— How can applications be submitted?
- § 20.602— How does the Bureau verify eligibility for social services?
- § 20.603— How is an application approved or denied?
- § 20.604— How is an applicant or recipient notified that benefits or services are denied or changed?
- § 20.605— What happens when an applicant or recipient appeals a decision under this subpart?
- § 20.606— How is an incorrect payment adjusted or recovered?
- § 20.607— What happens when applicants or recipients knowingly and willfully provide false or fraudulent information?
Subpart G — Hearings and Appeals
- § 20.700— Can an applicant or recipient appeal the decision of a Bureau official?
- § 20.701— Does a recipient receive financial assistance while an appeal is pending?
- § 20.702— When is an appeal hearing scheduled?
- § 20.703— What must the written notice of hearing include?
- § 20.704— Who conducts the hearing or appeal of a Bureau decision or action and what is the process?
- § 20.705— Can an applicant or recipient appeal a tribal decision?