The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) and the National Resource Center for Tribes partnered with the Two-Spirit community in Minneapolis, Minnesota to develop these digital stories. Digital stories were created by...
The Walking on Common Ground Gathering of December 2008 followed the tradition of previous Gatherings, bringing together tribal, state and federal justice communities to continue a dialogue that began 30 years ago. At the heart of the Gathering was the same commitment...
The National Conference of State Legislatures provides a list of States with links to their Statutes related to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Resource Link: State Statues Related to Indian Child Welfare Author: National Conference of State Legislatures Date:...
Although Title IV-E of the Social Security Act is an important funding stream for foster care and adoption services in American Indian communities, limited research has been conducted on the facilitation of tribal access to federal IV-E resources. Historically, direct...
The document lists a number of Federal requirements, explains some areas of agency discretion and then presents questions for Indian Tribes to consider in determining how to operate a title IV-E plan. Part I covers the general Title IV-E requirements, then Part II and...
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...
