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Indian Social Services Welfare Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

15.113

Program objective

To provide financial assistance for basic needs for eligible American Indians who reside on or near reservations, including those American Indians living under Bureau of Indian Affairs service area jurisdictions. IA assistance is provided when such assistance is not available from State or local public agencies.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Information Available.

  2. 2017

    No Information Available.

  3. 2018

    No Information Available.

  4. 2020

    IA fulfilled its program objectives by issuing about 55 Self Determination and Employment Assistance Awards in FY20

  5. 2021

    In FY21, IA issued 37 new awards and modifications to existing awards to 32 recipients.

  6. 2022

    Awards 20 grants to entities to complete the goals and objectives of the program.

  7. 2024

    This award funded 49 programs for social services, family services, domestic violence, financial assistance for basic needs when such assistance is not available from State or local public agencies.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

25 CFR 20.

  1. Snyder Act of 1921, Public Law 67-85, 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13.