Resources for Tribal/State Court Collaborations

Effective October 1, 2009, Public Law 110-351 provides Indian Tribes with the option to operate a foster care, adoption assistance and, at tribal option, a kinship guardianship assistance program under title IVE of the Social Security Act (the Act). The Federal government would share in the costs of Tribes operating an ACF approved title IVE program. Public Law 110351 requires that ACF develop interim final rules after consulting with Tribes and affected States on the implementation of the tribal plan requirements in section 479B of the Act and other amendments made by the Tribal provisions in section 301 of Public Law 110351. The law requires that such regulations include: (1) Procedures to ensure that a transfer of State or Tribal responsibility for the placement and care of a child under a State title IVE plan to a Tribal title IVE plan occurs in a manner that does not affect the child's eligibility for title IVE or title XIX Medicaid and such services or payments; and, (2) the in kind expenditures from third party sources permitted for the Tribal share of administration and training expenditures under title IVE.  For more information, click here.

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On March 14, 2007, California and the Karuk Tribe, the first Tribal/State agreement in California.

On May 26, 2010, California and the Yurok Tribe sign the second Tribal/State agreement in California.