---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 20.205"
title: "25"
number: "20.205"
heading: "Can tribes change eligibility criteria or levels of payments for General Assistance?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/20.205"
---

# §20.205. Can tribes change eligibility criteria or levels of payments for General Assistance?


Yes, if you have a redesign plan, you can change eligibility criteria or levels of payment for general assistance.

- (a) The funding level for your redesigned general assistance program will be the same funding received in the most recent fiscal or calendar year, whichever applies.
- (b) If you do not have a prior year level of funding, the Bureau or Office of Self-Governance will establish a tentative funding level based upon best estimates for caseload and expenditures.
- (c) **A Bureau servicing office can administer a tribal redesign plan as requested by a tribal resolution.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 13; Pub. L. 93-638; Pub. L. 98-473; Pub. L. 102-477; Pub. L. 104-193; Pub. L. 105-83.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 63159, Oct. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.