Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60

§1932 Grants for Off-reservation Programs for Additional Services

Title 25 › Chapter 21— INDIAN CHILD WELFARE › Subchapter II— INDIAN CHILD AND FAMILY PROGRAMS › § 1932

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to Indian organizations to set up and run child and family programs off a reservation. The grants can pay for things like a system to support and regulate Indian foster and adoptive homes (including subsidies for adoptive children that match foster-child support and follow State standards for maintenance and medical needs), counseling and treatment centers, family help such as homemakers, daycare, afterschool care, job and recreation activities, respite care, and legal help for families in child custody cases.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1932

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The Secretary is also authorized to make grants to Indian organizations to establish and operate off-reservation Indian child and family service programs which may include, but are not limited to—

(1)a system for regulating, maintaining, and supporting Indian foster and adoptive homes, including a subsidy program under which Indian adoptive children may be provided support comparable to that for which they would be eligible as Indian foster children, taking into account the appropriate State standards of support for maintenance and medical needs;

(2)the operation and maintenance of facilities and services for counseling and treatment of Indian families and Indian foster and adoptive children;

(3)family assistance, including homemaker and home counselors, day care, afterschool care, and employment, recreational activities, and respite care; and

(4)guidance, legal representation, and advice to Indian families involved in child custody proceedings.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1932

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60