25 Cfr 20.500

§ 20.404

25 CFR Ch. I (4–1–08 Edition)

change in, a legal guardian for a client,
where appropriate.

(6) Financial exploitation or abuse;
(7) Physical exploitation, neglect or
abuse;
(8) Senility; and
(9) Dementia.
(e) Documentation supporting the
need for assistance (e.g., medical reports, police reports, court orders, letters from interested parties, prior assessments or evaluations, diagnosis by
psychologist/psychiatrist); and
(f) Summary of findings and proposed
services to meet the identified needs of
the client.

[65 FR 63159, Oct. 20, 2000; 65 FR 76563, Dec. 7,
2000]

§ 20.404 What information is contained
in a social services assessment?
A social services assessment must
contain, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) Identifying information about the
client (for example, name, address, age,
gender, social security number, telephone number, certificate of Indian
blood, education level), family history
and medical history of the account
holder;
(b) Description of the household composition: information on each member
of the household (e.g., name, age, and
gender) and that person’s relationship
to the client;
(c) The client’s current resources and
future income (e.g., VA benefits, retirement pensions, trust assets, employment income, judgment funds, general
assistance
benefits,
unemployment
benefits, social security income, supplemental security income and other
governmental agency benefits);
(d) A discussion of the circumstances
which justify special services, including ability of the client to handle his
or her financial affairs and to conduct
day-to-day living activities. Factors to
be considered should include, but are
not limited to:
(1) Age;
(2) Developmental disability;
(3) Chronic alcoholism or substance
abuse;
(4) Lack of family assistance or social support systems, or abandonment;
(5) Self-neglect;

Subpart E—Child Assistance
§ 20.500 Who is eligible for Child Assistance?
A child is eligible for Child Assistance under this subpart if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The child must meet the requirements in § 20.300.
(b) The child’s legally responsible
parent, custodian/guardian, or Indian
court having jurisdiction must:
(1) Request assistance under this part
in writing;
(2) State that they are unable to provide necessary care and guidance for
the child, or to provide for the child’s
special needs in his/her own home; and
(3) Provide a documented social services assessment from the social services worker of whether parent(s), custodian, guardian(s) are able to care for
their child.
(c) All income accruing to the child,
except income exempted by federal
statute, must be used to meet the cost
of special needs, foster home or residential care facility as authorized and
arranged by social services.

HOW CHILD ASSISTANCE FUNDS CAN BE USED
§ 20.501

What services can be paid for with Child Assistance funds?

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The social services program can use Child Assistance funds to pay for services
as shown in the following table.
Service that can be paid

Conditions that must be met

Maximum payment level

(a) Room and board at residential
care facilities licensed by the
tribe or state.

There must be no other resources available to pay
these costs. See § 20.502 for other conditions that
must be met.

The state or county residential
care rate in the state in which
the child resides.

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