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Title 25: Indians
CHAPTER I: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SUBCHAPTER D: HUMAN SERVICES
PART 20: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS
Subpart E: Child Assistance
: How Child Assistance Funds Can Be Used
20.503 - When can Child Assistance funds be used for Indian adoption or guardianship subsidies
You, the social services program, can use Child Assistance funds to provide either adoption or guardianship subsidies if all of the following are true:
(a) The child is 17 or younger;
(b) The child has been in foster care prior to approval of the subsidy;
(c) The social services worker has considered all other available resources, attempted permanency planning, and documented in the case file that placement was in the best interest of the child; and
(d) The Bureau Line Officer approves the subsidy before it is authorized and redetermines eligibility on a yearly basis.
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