Author abstract: “The Tribal STAR Digital Stories is contains personal accounts of being touched by the child welfare system.” Resource Link: TribalSTAR Digital Stories Author:...
Author abstract: “Provides a Native perspective on permanency and addresses working with parents and children, decision making, and options in permanent planning.” Resource Link: Module V: Permanency Planning for Indian Children Author: National Indian...
Author abstract: “Outlines the need for funding foster care services, recruiting and training foster parents, and developing Tribal foster care programs. A table describing strengths of Tribal programs, based on information shared by Tribal foster and adoptive...
Author abstract: “Highlights the Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (MAPP), a comprehensive program designed to extend the idea of building positive relationships and alliances beyond birth parents and the Trauma Informed Partnering for Safety and...
Author abstract: “Describes the meaning of the Native American term “two-spirit”—a person whose body simultaneously houses a masculine spirit and a feminine spirit—and the challenges faced by two-spirit Native people today as well as recommendations...
Author abstract: “This report examines (1) obstacles facing tribes interested in directly operating a title IV-E program and (2) the assistance HHS has provided. GAO interviewed officials from 17 tribes, 11 of which were currently developing title IV-E programs....
“This Report is the culmination of the Task Force effort thus far, but it is not the end of the effort. This Report is an essential first step, an attempt to examine the issues and frame solutions. As an epicenter of ICWA cases (with more ICWA appeals than any...
This bulletin provides compiled data on domestic and sexual violence affecting Alaska Native people of all ages. It provides a comprehensive overview of life’s stages, sharing the consequences of violence and people that are affected along the way....
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Task Force Advisory Committee consists of nonfederal experts in the area of AI/AN children exposed to violence and a federal working group that includes federal officials from key agencies involved in issues related to AI/AN...
