The Indian Child Welfare Act passed into law in 1978. The law protects American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children in state child welfare systems and helps them remain connected to their families, cultures, and communities. Compliance is mandatory. This guide...
In 1978, Congress worked closely with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) elected officials, child welfare experts, and families whose children had been unnecessarily removed from their homes, to pass the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). ICWA was...
This document describes the Houlton Band’s process of developing a tribal state agreement. Highlighting the history of genocide on the Maliseet in Maine and the state’s history of ignoring ICWA legislation, the article briefly describes how the state and...
Since the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 1978, there has been increasing movement to enhance state policy to support ICWA and address several of the challenges to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children’s well-being. The efforts that have...
Children’s Services Practice Notes is a publication for child welfare workers produced four times a year by the North Carolina Division of Social Services and the Family and Children’s Resource Program, part of the Jordan Institute for Families and the School of...
Discusses services for Native American children in foster care. Intended for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs), this newsletter addresses the prevalence of Native American children in foster care, provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, CASA Tribal...
This article highlights presentations by a Tribal-State Child Welfare panel at the Association of Village Council Presidents 51st Annual Convention. Panelists represented local, regional and state organizations and provided suggestions on how to keep children in their...
This booklet seeks to provide a basic overview of the history and underlying principles of tribal governance, as well as information about tribes today to ensure that decision makers and members of the public at large have the information necessary to understand and...
