CFR /  Title 25  /  Part 20: Financial Assistance And Social Services Programs

Section No.	Description
Section 20.100	What is the purpose of this part?
Section 20.101	What is the Bureau's policy in providing financial assistance and social services under this part?
Section 20.102	Have the information collection requirements in this part been approved by the Office of Management and Budget?
Section 20.103	What contact will the Bureau maintain with State, tribal, county, local, and other Federal agency programs?
Section 20.200	How does the Bureau designate a service area and what information is required?
Section 20.201	What is a tribal redesign plan?
Section 20.202	Can a tribe incorporate assistance from other sources into a tribal redesign plan?
Section 20.203	Must all tribes submit a tribal redesign plan?
Section 20.204	Can tribes change eligibility criteria or levels of payments for General Assistance?
Section 20.205	Must a tribe get approval for a tribal redesign plan?
Section 20.206	Can a tribe use savings from a tribal redesign plan to meet other priorities of the tribe?
Section 20.207	What if the tribal redesign plan leads to increased costs?
Section 20.208	Can a tribe operating under a tribal redesign plan go back to operating under this part?
Section 20.209	Can eligibility criteria or payments for Burial Assistance, Child Assistance, and Disaster Assistance and Emergency
Section 20.210	Who qualifies for Direct Assistance under this subpart?
Section 20.300	What is the goal of General Assistance?
Section 20.301	Are Indian applicants required to seek assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?
Section 20.302	When is an applicant eligible for General Assistance?
Section 20.303	When will the Bureau review eligibility for General Assistance?
Section 20.304	What is redetermination?
Section 20.305	What is the payment standard for General Assistance?
Section 20.306	What resources does the Bureau consider when determining need?
Section 20.307	What does earned income include?
Section 20.308	What does unearned income include?
Section 20.309	What recurring income must be prorated?
Section 20.310	What amounts will the Bureau deduct from earned income?
Section 20.311	What amounts will the Bureau deduct from income or other resources?
Section 20.312	How will the Bureau compute financial assistance payments?
Section 20.313	What is the policy on employment?
Section 20.314	Who is not covered by the employment policy?
Section 20.315	What must a person covered by the employment policy do?
Section 20.316	How will the ineligibility period be implemented?
Section 20.317	What case management responsibilities does the social services worker have?
Section 20.318	What responsibilities does the general assistance recipient have?
Section 20.319	What is TWEP?
Section 20.320	Does TWEP allow an incentive payment?
Section 20.321	Who can receive a TWEP incentive payment?
Section 20.322	Will the local TWEP be required to have written program procedures?
Section 20.323	When can the Bureau provide Burial Assistance?
Section 20.324	Who can apply for Burial Assistance?
Section 20.325	Does Burial Assistance cover transportation costs?
Section 20.326	When can the Bureau provide Disaster Assistance?
Section 20.327	How can a tribe apply for Disaster Assistance?
Section 20.328	When can the Bureau provide Emergency Assistance payments?
Section 20.329	What is the payment standard for Emergency Assistance?
Section 20.330	What is Adult Care Assistance?
Section 20.331	Who can receive Adult Care Assistance?
Section 20.332	How do I apply for Adult Care Assistance?
Section 20.333	What happens after I apply?
Section 20.334	What is the payment standard for Adult Care Assistance?
Section 20.335	Who should receive Services to Children, Elderly, and Families?
Section 20.400	What is included under Services to Children, Elderly, and Families?
Section 20.401	When are protective services provided?
Section 20.402	What do protective services include?
Section 20.403	What information is contained in a social services assessment?
Section 20.404	Who is eligible for Child Assistance?
Section 20.500	What services can be paid for with Child Assistance funds?
Section 20.501	Can Child Assistance funds be used to place Indian children in residential care facilities?
Section 20.502	When can Child Assistance funds be used for Indian adoption or guardianship subsidies?
Section 20.503	What short-term homemaker services can Child Assistance pay for?
Section 20.504	What services are provided jointly with the Child Assistance Program?
Section 20.505	What information is required in the foster care case file?
Section 20.506	What requirements must foster care providers meet?
Section 20.507	What must the social services agency do when a child is placed in foster care, residential care or guardianship home?
Section 20.508	What must the social services worker do when a child is placed in foster care or residential care facility?
Section 20.509	How is the court involved in child placements?
Section 20.510	Should permanency plans be developed?
Section 20.511	Can the Bureau/tribal contractors make Indian adoptive placements?
Section 20.512	Should Interstate Compacts be used for the placement of children?
Section 20.513	What assistance can the courts request from social services on behalf of children?
Section 20.514	What is required for case management?
Section 20.515	How are child abuse, neglect or exploitation cases to be handled?
Section 20.516	Who can apply for financial assistance or social services?
Section 20.600	How can applications be submitted?
Section 20.601	How does the Bureau verify eligibility for social services?
Section 20.602	How is an application approved or denied?
Section 20.603	How is an applicant or recipient notified that benefits or services are denied or changed?
Section 20.604	What happens when an applicant or recipient appeals a decision under this subpart?
Section 20.605	How is an incorrect payment adjusted or recovered?
Section 20.606	What happens when applicants or recipients knowingly and willfully provide false or fraudulent information?
Section 20.607	Can an applicant or recipient appeal the decision of a Bureau official?
Section 20.700	Does a recipient receive financial assistance while an appeal is pending?
Section 20.701	When is an appeal hearing scheduled?
Section 20.702	What must the written notice of hearing include?
Section 20.703	Who conducts the hearing or appeal of a Bureau decision or action and what is the process?
Section 20.704	Can an applicant or recipient appeal a tribal decision?
Section 20.705	Purpose