Promoting Strong Native Families and Children Act

The Promoting Strong Native Families and Children Act aims to reduce administrative barriers and increase federal funding for tribal child welfare programs by raising tribal set-asides in multiple Social Security Act programs from 3% to 5%, establishing minimum grant amounts for tribes and tribal consortia, allowing waivers of matching requirements based on tribal needs and culture, streamlining reporting, and permitting tribes to use federal funds for customary adoptions and to elect alternative indirect cost rates. It also authorizes direct social services block grants to tribes, expands tribal court improvement funding, and allows states to count tribal caseworker visits toward federal…

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