Child welfare policy manual outlining policies related to the tribal IV-B/E procedural requirements, tribal IVE agencies and title IV-E agreements, application of Title IV-B and Title IV-E Procedural Requirements, application of Title IV-E Eligibility Requirements for...
This manual outlines Washington’s rules that apply when working with Native children, youth and families. Their rules expand the Indian Child Welfare Act’s (ICWA) definition of an “Indian Child” in some situations to include Canadian Indians...
The Code of Laws of the United States of America (variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States, United States Code, U.S. Code, or U.S.C.) is the official compilation and codification of the general and...
Many state and county child protection systems (CPS) are attempting to reduce the documented disproportionality in out of home placement rates for American Indian/Alaska Native children. This article presents a case example of collaboration between Colorado CPS and an...
In the 1960s and 1970s, American Indian children were about six times more likely to be placed in foster care than other children and many were placed in non-American Indian homes or institutions. In 1978, the Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to...
