This toolkit was designed to help tribal child welfare workers and care providers play an effective role in the prevention of suicide among the children and youth they serve. Background reading on the issue of suicide in Indian Country is included, along with the use...
Author abstract: “Suicide prevention in rural areas presents unique challenges, including isolation and lack of support services. In rural Indian Country, suicide continues to be a cause for community concern and can be viewed as one outcome of historical...
“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...
