Title IV-E of the Social Security Act provides funds for states and tribes to provide foster care, transitional independent living programs for children, guardianship assistance, and adoption assistance for children with special needs. The funds can be accessed through tribal-state agreements or direct federal access.
Title IV-E Program Funding. (National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes) Note that this page is no longer updated as of September 2014.
Title IV-E: Helping Tribes Meet the Legal Requirements, March 2010. By Jack F. Trope, Executive Director, Association on American Indian Affairs. A working paper developed through the Indian Child Welfare Community of Practice. An analysis of legal requirements of Title IV-E with an emphasis on tribes.
A Survey and Analysis of Select Title IV-E Tribal-State Agreements including Template of Promising Practices, March 2014. By Jack F. Trope and Shannon Keller O'Loughlin. Association on American Indian Affairs and Casey Family Programs. A detailed analysis of Title IV-E tribal-state agreements, includes a summary of the status of Title IV-E agreements, as well as a breakdown of provisions that reflect promising practices by subject matter.
An Analytical Report of Title IV-E Tribal-State Agreements: With a Focus on South Dakota Tribes, October 2014. (Lakota People's Law Project) This report was published in order to assess some reasons why so many tribes are moving towards direct funding models and to articulate the importance of those efforts.
The following agreements were collected in 2013. They may or may not still be in force. They are included here as a reference to illustrate the types of provisions that have been negotiated in the past.