This document is designed as a technical assistance tool for Indian Tribes to use in considering how to plan for the resources, policies, and procedures they will or may need to implement a direct title IV-E program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

The ACF Tribal Consultation Policy (PDF) was approved in 2011. The goals of ACF’s Tribal Consultation Policy include eliminating health and human service disparities, ensuring that access to critical health and human services is maximized, and advancing the social, physical, and economic status of Indians. To achieve these goals, and to the extent practicable and permitted by law, it is essential that Federally-recognized Indian Tribes and ACF engage in open, continuous, and meaningful consultation. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

A unique government-to-government relationship exists between American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes and the Federal government. The government-to-government relationship is political and independent of race or ethnicity. This relationship is grounded in the United States Constitution, numerous treaties, statutes, federal case law, regulations, and Executive Orders, as well as political, legal, moral, and ethical principles. To support this ongoing relationship, ACF has established an Agency Workgroup titled the Native American Affairs Advisory Council (NAAAC) and the ACF Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC). Learn more about the ACF TAC and NAAAC below. ACF’s Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) was established under the Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) Rules of Order, per the Acting Assistant Secretary’s Memorandum of March 7, 2013. The ACF TAC’s primary purpose is to seek consensus, exchange views, share information, provide advice and/or recommendations; or facilitate any other interaction related to intergovernmental responsibilities or administration of ACF programs, including those that arise explicitly or implicitly under statute, regulation, or Executive Order. This purpose is accomplished through fora, meetings, and conversations between Federal officials and elected Tribal leaders in their official capacity. The ACF TAC is comprised of thirteen positions filled by voluntary representatives: one delegate (and one alternate) from each of 11 Indian Health Service regions and one delegate (and one alternate) for two National At-Large Tribal Member (NALM) positions. You can explore the ACF TAC documents below. ACF’s Native American Affairs Advisory Council (NAAAC) was established as an Agency Workgroup to support both ACF’s Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Tribal Affairs (which also serves as the Commissioner for the Administration for Native Americans) to respond to requests for information from the HHS Secretary’s Interdepartmental Council on Native American Affairs, the Office of the Secretary, the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, the White House, or other federal Departments or ACF Programs that serve Tribes and Native American Communities. You can find the NAAAC’s charter and contact list below. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

ANA provides funding to federally and state recognized tribes and Native nonprofits in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa through the following programs: Find out more about by reading ANA Fact Sheet (PDF) . Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia are eligible for federal funding to administer programs authorized under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act. Tribes are also eligible to apply for discretionary grants. Learn more by reading the CB's Tribal Fact Sheet (PDF) The Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) oversees early care and education programs in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). ECD provides leadership to support a national agenda focused on young children, their families, and the early care and education workforce. Find out more about ECD's current initiatives: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Program The FVPSA Program serves as the primary federal funding stream for emergency shelter and related assistance for victims of domestic violence and their children. Information on FVPSA’s formula and discretionary grants is below and FVPSA’s State and Tribal Domestic Violence Services Fact Sheet may be accessed here. The Office of Child Care supports low-income working families by improving access to affordable, high-quality early care and afterschool programs. OCC administers the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) —a block grant to state, territory, and tribal governments that provides support for children and their families with paying for child care that will fit their needs and that will prepare children to succeed in school. CCDF is the primary federal funding source for child care subsidies to help eligible low-income working families access child care and to improve the quality of child care for all children. View the OCC CCDF Final Rule Tribal Fact Sheet. Sixty-three tribes currently operate child support programs, providing services to Native American families consistent with tribal values and cultures. Tribal child support programs locate custodial and noncustodial parents, establish legal fatherhood (paternity), establish child support orders, and enforce orders. View the OCSS Tribal Fact Sheet. The Office of Community Services (OCS) partners with states, tribes, territories, and non-profit and community-based organizations to reduce the causes and consequences of poverty, increase opportunity and economic security of individuals and families, and revitalize communities. Our social service and community development programs work in a variety of ways to improve the lives of many. The OCS includes the following divisions that include grant opportunities available to tribes and/or tribal organization: Division of Community Assistance (DCA), Division of Energy Assistance (DEA), and the Division of Community Discretionary and Demonstration Programs (DCDDP). The OCS is committed to supporting our tribal partners through our OCS divisions and the OCS Tribal Services Workgroup which partners with tribes and tribal organizations providing information, opportunities available, and resources available within the Office of Community Services. Division of Community Assistance Division of Energy Assistance Division of Community Discretionary and Demonstration Programs Community Economic Development Planning (CED-P) grant program helps recipients develop comprehensive and viable plans to spur economic development; builds administrative capacity to design a sustainable business project; and provides the time and resources that community development corporations (CDCs) need to develop a successful traditional CED job creation grant application. Rural Community Development (RCD) program works with regional and tribal organizations to manage safe water systems in rural communities. RCD funds are used to provide training and technical assistance to help co

In 2024, with HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CS-0053 , the Children's Bureau announced the availability of a new round of 4-year awards providing tribes and tribal consortia the opportunity to improve the handling of American Indian and Alaska Native child welfare cases by tribal courts. The competitive grants support tribal courts to do the following: Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to Indian Tribes, Indian Tribal Organizations and Indian Tribal Consortia (hereafter “tribes,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, and Chafee and ETV programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (subject to the availability of appropriations). PI-23-02 Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to Tribes/Tribal Organizations, Title IV-B, Subpart 1: Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Funding Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, Title IV-B, Subpart 2: Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Grants Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to States and Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, Title IV-B: Kinship Navigator Grants Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to States and Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to States and Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, John H. Chafee Foster Care Program Education and Training Vouchers (CETV Grants) Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to Tribes/Tribal Organizations: Family First Prevention Services Act Transition Grant Funding CFS-101 Instructions, Part I, II, and III Introduction Part I: Annual Budget Request for Funds under Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA State Grant, Chafee, and ETC Instructions Part II: Annual Estimated Expenditure Summary of Child and Family Services Funds Part III: Expenditures for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program CFS-101 Forms, Parts I, II and III Excel Workbook (XLSX) (Updated as of March 24, 2023) CFS-101 Forms Part I CFS-101 Forms Part II CFS-101 Forms Part III Annual Reporting of Education and Training Vouchers Awarded Certification of Tribal Population Under Age 21 (PDF) Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to Indian Tribes, Indian Tribal Organizations and Indian Tribal Consortia (hereafter “tribes,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, and Chafee and ETV programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (subject to the availability of appropriations). PI-23-02 Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to Tribes/Tribal Organizations, Title IV-B, Subpart 1: Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Funding Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, Title IV-B, Subpart 2: Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Grants Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to States and Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, Title IV-B: Kinship Navigator Grants Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to States and Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to States and Indian Tribes/Tribal Organizations, John H. Chafee Foster Care Program Education and Training Vouchers (CETV Grants) Fiscal Year 2022 Allotments to Tribes/Tribal Organizations: Family First Prevention Services Act Transition Grant Funding CFS-101 Instructions, Part I, II, and III Introduction Part I: Annual Budget Request for Funds under Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA State Grant, Chafee, and ETC Instructions Part II: Annual Estimated Expenditure Summary of Child and Family Services Funds Part III: Expenditures for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program CFS-101 Forms, Parts I, II and III Excel Workbook (XLSX) (Updated as of March 24, 2023) CFS-101 Forms Part I CFS-101 Forms Part II CFS-101 Forms Part III Annual Reporting of Education and Training Vouchers Awarded Certification of Tribal Population Under Age 21 (PDF) Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to Indian Tribes, Indian Tribal Organizations and Indian Tribal Consortia (hereafter “Tribes,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, and Chafee and ETV programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY)2 2025 (subject to the availability of appropriations). This PI summarizes requirements for completing and submitting: (1) the Final Report for the 2020-2024 CFSP (2) the new 2025-2029 CFSP, and (3) the CFS-101, Parts I, II, and III. PI-24-03 (PDF) For the best access to each attachment, please download and save them to your computer. FY 2023 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 1 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services GrantsFY 2023 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Promoting Safe and Stable Families GrantsFY 2023 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Kinship Navigator GrantsFY 2023 Allotment for Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood GrantsFY 2023 Allotment for Education and Training Vouchers GrantsFY 2020 Allotment for Family First Prevention Services Act Transition Grants CFS-101 Instructions, Part I, II, and III (PDF) IntroductionPart I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, Subpart 1 & 2 Funds, CAPTA, Chafee, and ETV InstructionsPart II: Annual Estimated Expenditure Summary of Child and Family Services InstructionsPart III: Expenditures for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, Chafee Foster Care Independence (Chafee) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Programs Instructions CFS-101 Forms, Parts I, II and III Excel Workbook (XLSX) Assurances and Certifications Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2 (PDF)Chafee (PDF)ETV (PDF) CB Regional Program Managers (PDF) Tribal Training Plan (Optional) Template (DOCX) Annual Reporting of Education and Training Vouchers Awarded (PDF) Certification of Tribal Population Under Age 21 (DOCX) Tribal CFSP (Optional) Template for FYs 2025-2029 (DOCX) Tribal Population Data - 2020 Census (PDF) Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

The purpose of the American Indian and Alaska Native Land Area Representation (AIAN-LAR) Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset is to depict the external extent of federal Indian reservations and the external extent of associated land held in “trust” by the United States, “restricted fee” or “mixed ownership” status for federally recognized tribes and individual Indians. This dataset includes other land area types such as Public Domain Allotments, Dependent Indian Communities and Homesteads. This GIS Dataset is prepared strictly for illustrative and reference purposes only and should not be used, and is not intended for legal, survey, engineering or navigation purposes. No warranty is made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the use of the data for purposes not intended by the BIA. This GIS Dataset may contain errors. There is no impact on the legal status of the land areas depicted herein and no impact on land ownership. No legal inference can or should be made from the information in this GIS Dataset. The GIS Dataset is to be used solely for illustrative, reference and statistical purposes and may be used for government to government Tribal consultation. Reservation boundary data is limited in authority to those areas where there has been settled Congressional definition or final judicial interpretation of the boundary. Absent settled Congressional definition or final judicial interpretation of a reservation boundary, the BIA recommends consultation with the appropriate Tribe and then the BIA to obtain interpretations of the reservation boundary. The land areas and their representations are compilations defined by the official land title records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) which include treaties, statutes, Acts of Congress, agreements, executive orders, proclamations, deeds and other land title documents. The trust, restricted, and mixed ownership land area shown here, are suitable only for general spatial reference and do not represent the federal government’s position on the jurisdictional status of Indian country. Ownership and jurisdictional status is subject to change and must be verified with plat books, patents, and deeds in the appropriate federal and state offices. Included in this dataset are the exterior extent of off reservation trust, restricted fee tracts and mixed tracts of land including Public Domain allotments, Dependent Indian Communities, Homesteads and government administered lands and those set aside for schools and dormitories. There are also land areas where there is more than one tribe having an interest in or authority over a tract of land but this information is not specified in the AIAN-LAR dataset. The dataset includes both surface and subsurface tracts of land (tribal and individually held) “off reservation” tracts and not simply off reservation “allotments” as land has in many cases been subsequently acquired in trust. These data are public information and may be used by various organizations, agencies, units of government (i.e., Federal, state, county, and city), and other entities according to the restrictions on appropriate use. It is strongly recommended that these data be acquired directly from the BIA and not indirectly through some other source, which may have altered or integrated the data for another purpose for which they may not have been intended. Integrating land areas into another dataset and attempting to resolve boundary differences between other entities may produce inaccurate results. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the content of the metadata file associated with these data. Users are cautioned that digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than those at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation. The BIA AIAN-LAR dataset’s spatial accuracy and attribute information are continuously being updated, improved and is used as the single authoritative land area boundary data for the BIA mission.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to Indian Tribes, Indian Tribal Organizations and Indian Tribal Consortia on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, and Chafee and ETV programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (subject to the availability of appropriations) under the formula grant programs authorized by title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, and the Chafee and ETV programs. This PI summarizes requirements for completing and submitting: (1) the first APSR update to the 2025-2029 CFSP and (2) the CFS-101, Parts I, II, and III. PI-25-02 (PDF) For the best access to each attachment, please download and save them to your computer. FY 2024 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 1 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services GrantsFY 2024 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Promoting Safe and Stable Families GrantsFY 2024 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Kinship Navigator GrantsFY 2024 Allotment for Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood GrantsFY 2024 Allotment for Education and Training Vouchers GrantsFY 2024 Allotment for Family First Prevention Services Act Transition Grants CFS-101 Instructions, Part I, II, and III (PDF) IntroductionPart I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, Subpart 1 & 2 Funds, CAPTA, Chafee, and ETV InstructionsPart II: Annual Estimated Expenditure Summary of Child and Family Services InstructionsPart III: Expenditures for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program CFS-101 Forms, Parts I, II and III Excel Workbook (XLSX) Annual Reporting of Education and Training Vouchers Awarded (PDF) Certification of Tribal Population Under Age 21 (PDF) Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.