“Provides a training curriculum developed to specifically incorporate Native American cultural traditions, beliefs, and practices to better meet the needs of the Native American children in foster care, including a particular emphasis on finding healing through...
” Presents results from a study examining grandparenting relationships and the cultural roles grandmothers play in First Nations communities in Manitoba, Canada.” Resource Link: In Consideration of the Needs of Caregivers: Grandparenting Experiences in...
This video features the Arctic Winds Healing Winds non-profit organization based in Alaska. The project “Leadership for Results: Capacity Building” includes Alaska Native values/teachings and emphasizes that strong leadership—from all levels of society—is a key...
In early 2013 Casey Family Programs partnered with the Native American Rights Fund to create an online resource that would focus solely on Indian child welfare issues. Thus, began the ICWA INFO blog. It was envisioned that this site would provide the...
The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) has produced four informative digital stories that highlight the importance of ICWA and feature Native families sharing their stories. Resource Link: The Heart of ICWA Author: NICWA Date:...
This four part series describes the aspects of the work of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative. By first defining capacity, the briefs offer different capacity building dimensions for organizations to consider, describe evidence-informed approaches to...
The Children’s Bureau has a webpage dedicated to laws & policies that may help in your IV-E planning efforts. Here you will find a Child Welfare Policy Manual, Program Instructions, Compilation of Titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, Federal...
“The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, enacted in 2014, limited the use of APPLA as a case goal to children aged 16 and older. The Act made this provision effective 3 years after enactment for children under tribal responsibility. Some...
“Unci” (unh-chee) and “Gaka” (gah-gah) are Lakota terms for grandmother and grandfather respectively. These terms are generally used as terms of affection in the traditional Lakota families, while those Lakota families who are more acculturated use the more common...
