25 U.S.C. § 3209 : US Code - Section 3209: Indian Child Resource and Family Services Centers

Search 25 U.S.C. § 3209 : US Code - Section 3209: Indian Child Resource and Family Services Centers

(a) Establishment
The Secretary shall establish within each area office of the
Bureau an Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center.
(b) Memorandum of Agreement
The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall enter into a Memorandum of Agreement which provides for the
staffing of the Centers established under this section.
(c) Center staffing
Each Center established under subsection (a) of this section
shall be staffed by a multidisciplinary team of personnel with
experience and training in prevention, identification,
investigation, and treatment of incidents of family violence, child
abuse, and child neglect.
(d) Center responsibilities and functions
Each Center established under subsection (a) of this section
shall -
(1) provide advice, technical assistance, and consultation to
Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and inter-tribal consortia
upon request;
(2) provide training to appropriate personnel of Indian tribes,
tribal organizations, the Bureau and the Service on the
identification and investigation of cases of family violence,
child abuse, and child neglect and, to the extent practicable,
coordinate with institutions of higher education, including
tribally controlled community colleges, to offer college-level
credit to interested trainees;
(3) develop training materials on the prevention,
identification, investigation, and treatment of incidents of
family violence, child abuse, and child neglect for distribution
to Indian tribes and to tribal organizations;
(4) develop recommendations to assist Federal and tribal
personnel to respond to cases of family violence, child abuse,
and child neglect; and
(5) develop policies and procedures for each agency office of
the Bureau and service unit of the Service within the area which,
to the extent feasible, comply with tribal laws pertaining to
cases of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect,
including any criminal laws, and which provide for maximum
cooperation with the enforcement of such laws.
(e) Multidisciplinary team personnel
Each multidisciplinary team established under this section shall
include, but is not limited to, personnel with a background in -
(1) law enforcement,
(2) child protective services,
(3) juvenile counseling and adolescent mental health, and
(4) domestic violence.
(f) Center advisory board
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, shall establish, for each Indian Child Resource and
Family Services Center, an advisory board to advise and assist such
Center in carrying out its activities under this chapter. Each
advisory board shall consist of 7 members appointed by the
Secretary from Indian tribes and human service providers served by
an area office of the Bureau. Members shall serve without
compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel and other expenses
while carrying out the duties of the board. The advisory board
shall assist the Center in coordinating programs, identifying
training materials, and developing policies and procedures relating
to family violence, child abuse, and child neglect.
(g) Application of Indian Self-Determination Act to Centers
Indian Child Resource and Family Services Centers established
under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 450f et
seq.]. If a Center is located in an area office of the Bureau which
serves more than one Indian tribe, any application to enter into a
contract to operate the Center pursuant to such Act must have the
consent of each of the other tribes to be served under the
contract, except that, in the Juneau Area, only the consent of such
tribes or tribal consortia that are engaged in contracting of
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention programs
pursuant to such Act shall be required. This section shall not
preclude the designation of an existing child resource and family
services center operated by a tribe or tribal organization as a
Center if all of the tribes to be served by the Center agree to
such designation.
(h) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the
provisions of this section $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.