This user-friendly online resource is focused on Building an Effective Tribal-State Child Welfare Partnership, and includes an extensive toolkit intended to assist Tribes and non-Native partners with that collaboration. The featured tools and information can help...
This report provides a current picture of the American Indian Title IV-E grantee planning process authorized under the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008. This legislation gave tribes the authority to directly administer and...
This resource lists tribes with approved Title IV-E plans to operate foster care, adoption assistance, and, at tribal options, guardianship assistance programs. Resource Link: Tribes with Approved Title IV-E Plans Author: Children's Bureau Date: May...
Provides a matrix with key elements and considerations of Title IV-E programs so tribes can assess if they have core elements in place or if they need to develop them. Resource Link: Preparing for Direct Title IV-E - A Self Assessment Author: Adapted by the...
The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to provide State, Territorial and Tribal title IV-E agencies (hereafter, “title IV-E agencies”) with the revised form and instructions approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for reporting...
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008 [P.L. 110- 351] authorizes tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia to apply for direct funding for Title IV-E foster care and adoption assistance funds. This paper describes the...
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (H.R. 6893) (the FCA or Fostering Connections Act) was signed into law on October 7, 2008, as Public Law 110-351. FCA amended parts B...
Developing tribal capacity to understand and conduct research and evaluation in tribal communities is an exercise in sovereignty. These resources can provide information to get you started. Resource Link: Research and Evaluation in Native Communities Author: Center...
This Child Welfare Policy Manual contains policy questions and answers applicable to child welfare programs operated by the Children’s Bureau. The manual is broken down into nine main policy areas (with detailed subsections): AFCARS, CAPTA, Independent...
