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...
This article was included in the Summer 2015 Judges’ Page Newsletter published by the National CASA Association and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Tribal Issues in Dependency Courts. Goldsmith provides a summary of ICWA’s key...
This technical assistance bulletin provides juvenile and family courts with practice recommendations and tools to improve compliance with the letter of the ICWA as well as with the “spirit of the ICWA” through services and supports. The first, most critical and...
Provides checklists for use by judges and child welfare professionals in the implementation of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act. Resource Link: ICWA Checklists for Juvenile and Family Court Judges Author: Goldsmith, D. J. Date:...
These updated guidelines provide guidance to State courts and child welfare agencies implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act’s (ICWA) provisions in light of written and oral comments received during a review of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Guidelines for...
From 2008-2010, a California Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) addressed the disproportionality of African American and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children in public child welfare services in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey...
