The United States Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. This document is designed to: Summarize the decision—what the case held about the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), what it did not hold, and what it implied. •...
Historically, American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) children have been disproportionately represented in the foster care system. In this study, nationally representative child welfare data from October 1999 was used to compare urban AI/AN children to non-Indian...
American Indian children are disproportionately more likely to be victims of maltreatment and to be in foster care than the general population of children, according to 2012 data. Despite Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) guidelines, only 17 percent of American Indian...
National foster care disparity rates for Native American, African-American, and Hispanic children were examined using correlational and linear regression models confirmed by bootstrapping procedures. African-American disparity and Hispanic disparity were predicted by...
American Indian/Alaskan Native children have disproportionately been placed into out-of-home care compared to White children in the child welfare system. What were the factors that child protective services (CPS) workers considered when deciding to remove a child from...
American Indians and Alaska Natives have struggled with outplacement of children from their families and communities since the beginning of colonization of North America. American Indian and Alaska Native efforts to keep children in their families, communities and...
This issue of Insights focuses on the over-representation of African American and Native American children in California’s child welfare system. Data show that these two populations are disproportionately represented and have much poorer outcomes than...
In 2010 California established a new permanency option for native children who are dependents of California Courts: Tribal Customary Adoption. The enacting law requires county child welfare workers to consult with the child’s tribe about the possibility of...
The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians sponsors this California Tribal Customary Adoption Website to provide general information and technical support on Tribal Customary Adoption to tribal leaders, tribal and state court judges, tribal and state court attorneys, and...
