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Title 25IndiansPart / Section
Chapter IBureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior1 – 299
Subchapter DHuman Services20 – 26
Part 20Financial Assistance and Social Services Programs20.100 – 20.705
Subpart EChild Assistance20.500 – 20.516
§ 20.500Who is eligible for Child Assistance?
How Child Assistance Funds Can Be Used20.501 – 20.505
§ 20.501What services can be paid for with Child Assistance funds?
§ 20.502Can Child Assistance funds be used to place Indian children in residential care facilities?
§ 20.503When can Child Assistance funds be used for Indian adoption or guardianship subsidies?
§ 20.504What short-term homemaker services can Child Assistance pay for?
§ 20.505What services are provided jointly with the Child Assistance Program?
Foster Care20.506 – 20.516
§ 20.506What information is required in the foster care case file?
§ 20.507What requirements must foster care providers meet?
§ 20.508What must the social services agency do when a child is placed in foster care, residential care or guardianship home?
§ 20.509What must the social services worker do when a child is placed in foster care or residential care facility?
§ 20.510How is the court involved in child placements?
§ 20.511Should permanency plans be developed?
§ 20.512Can the Bureau/tribal contractors make Indian adoptive placements?
§ 20.513Should Interstate Compacts be used for the placement of children?
§ 20.514What assistance can the courts request from social services on behalf of children?
§ 20.515What is required for case management?
§ 20.516How are child abuse, neglect or exploitation cases to be handled?