{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-20.313","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 20.313","heading":"How will the Bureau compute financial assistance payments?","body":"(a) The social services worker will compute financial assistance payments by beginning with the Bureau standard of assistance and doing the following:\n(1) Subtracting from all resources calculated under §§ 20.307 through 20.310;\n(2) Subtracting the rateable reduction or maximum payment level used by the state where the applicant lives;\n(3) Subtracting an amount for shelter (see paragraph (b) of this section for details on how to calculate a shelter amount); and\n(4) Rounding the result down to the next lowest dollar.\n(b) The social services worker must calculate a shelter amount for purposes of paragraph (a)(3) of this section. To calculate the shelter amount:\n(1) The shelter amount must not exceed the amount for shelter in the state TANF standard;\n(2) If the state TANF does not specify an amount for shelter, the social services worker must calculate the amount as 25 percent of the total state TANF payment; and\n(3) If there is more than one household in a dwelling, the social services worker must prorate the actual shelter cost among the households receiving General Assistance; this amount cannot exceed the amount in the standard for individuals in similar circumstances. The head of each household is responsible for his/her portion of the documented shelter cost.\n(c) The social services worker must not provide General Assistance payments for any period before the date of the application for assistance.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER D—HUMAN SERVICES","PART 20—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS","Subpart C—Direct Assistance"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"23eb59761d9762d951265ecbcd5dfb847096acce27834a580266343fdbced19e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-20.312","next":"us/25-cfr-20.314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}