25 U.S.C. § 3209 — National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center

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This section governs national indian child resource and family services center. It sets the duties, permissions, limits, procedures, reports, or funding rules stated in the section.

(a) Within 1 year after December 23, 2024, the Secretary must establish a National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center. (b) Within 2 years after that date, the Interior Secretary, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, must report to Congress on the Center's status. (c) The Center must have personnel experienced and trained in preventing, identifying, investigating, and treating family violence, child abuse, and child neglect. (d) The Center must (1) on request advise, assist, and consult with Tribes, Tribal organizations, intertribal consortia, and urban Indian organizations; (2) train appropriate Tribal, urban-Indian, Bureau, and Service personnel to identify and investigate these cases and, as practicable, coordinate with higher-education institutions, including Tribal community colleges, to offer interested trainees college credit; (3) create and distribute prevention, identification, investigation, and treatment materials; (4) recommend ways Federal, State, Tribal, and urban-Indian personnel should respond; and (5) create model Tribe-State agreements and other materials showing effective government relationships and maximum cooperation in prevention, investigation, treatment, and prosecution involving Indian children and families. (e) The team must include, among others, people with backgrounds in (1) law enforcement, (2) child protective services, (3) juvenile counseling and adolescent mental health, and (4) domestic violence. (f) The Secretary must create a 12-member advisory board from Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations, appointed for child-abuse and neglect expertise. Members are unpaid but may receive travel and other duty expenses. The board helps coordinate programs, identify training materials, and develop intergovernmental agreements. (g) The Center is subject to the Indian Self-Determination Act. The Secretary may contract its operation to a nonprofit Indian organization with an Indian-controlled board and substantial relevant experience. (h) Congress authorizes $3,000,000 for each fiscal year 1992 through 1997.

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(a) Establishment

Not later than 1 year after December 23, 2024, the Secretary shall establish a National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center.

(b) Report

Not later than 2 years after December 23, 2024, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, shall submit a report to Congress on the status of the National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center.

The Center established under subsection (a) shall be staffed by a 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

The Center established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)

provide advice, technical assistance, and consultation to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, inter-tribal consortia, and urban Indian organizations upon request;

(2)

provide training to appropriate personnel of Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian 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 and technical assistance materials on the prevention, identification, investigation, and treatment of incidents of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect for distribution to Indian tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations;

(4)

develop recommendations to assist Federal, State, Tribal, and urban Indian personnel to respond to cases of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect; and

(5)

develop model intergovernmental agreements between Tribes and States, and other materials that provide examples of how Federal, State, and Tribal governments can develop effective relationships and provide for maximum cooperation in the furtherance of prevention, investigation, treatment, and prosecution of incidents of family violence and child abuse and child neglect involving Indian children and families.

(e) Team personnel

The 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 shall establish an advisory board to advise and assist the National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center in carrying out its activities under this section. The advisory board shall consist of 12 members appointed by the Secretary from Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations with expertise in child abuse and child neglect. 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 and technical assistance materials, and developing intergovernmental agreements relating to family violence, child abuse, and child neglect.

(g) Application of Indian Self-Determination Act to the Center

The National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center shall be subject to the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.]. The Secretary may also contract for the operation of the Center with a nonprofit Indian organization governed by an Indian-controlled board of directors that have substantial experience in child abuse, child neglect, and family violence involving Indian children and families.

(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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–630, title IV, § 410, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4552; Pub. L. 104–16, § 1, June 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 190; Pub. L. 118–160, § 2(3), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2568.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-630 · 104 Stat. 4552
1995Amended · Pub. L. 104-16 · 109 Stat. 190
2024Amended · Pub. L. 118-160 · 138 Stat. 2568

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-630 on 1990-11-28.

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