“Child welfare practitioners need effective tools to gauge children’s immediate safety and risk of future maltreatment. This brief is a resource for human service professionals on child safety and risk assessments in AI/AN communities. The brief provides...
“American Indians/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) have historically been forcefully integrated into the child welfare system. Their relationship began before a formal child welfare system was established in the United States and continues to the present. It is critical...
“The Community Readiness Model was developed at the Tri-Ethnic Center to assess how ready a community is to address an issue. The basic premise is that matching an intervention to a community’s level of readiness is absolutely essential for success. ...
“This video provides information about the federal Tribal Home Visiting program. Representatives from five Tribal Home Visiting grantees, discuss how the home visiting program has impacted their community and the children and families they serve. In addition,...
This report summarizes findings from an environmental scan about practices and programs addressing trauma and related behavioral health needs among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. The report includes descriptions of trauma-informed and trauma-specific...
The Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII) combines implementation science and rigorous evaluation to build the knowledge-base in child welfare. Funded by the Children’s Bureau, PII Grantees applied a focused approach to address the needs of vulnerable populations in...
The International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA) launched a project in 2007 to build the capacity of child welfare agencies and service providers to respond to child trafficking. “IOFA is partnering with the Center for the Human Rights of Children...
“Bullying, youth violence, and suicidal behaviors are interrelated parts of community violence that plague American Indian and Alaska Native communities. ” View this four page fact sheet to learn more.” Resource Link: Bullying in Indian Country...
Author abstract: This article tells an intergenerational narrative about how historical pandemics and family adoptions stories can influence urban Indigenous custom adoption practices, policies, teaching and research. It uses the seven principles of Archibald’s (2008)...
