This library contains over 200 articles and resources relevant to tribal child welfare, gathered from a wide variety of sources.
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“The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS), in partnership with Casey Family Programs, conducted this pilot project to identify practice trends related to compliance with the federal and Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare acts. The Indian Child Welfare Act...
“This four page report outlines the key findings from interviews with 5 tribal leaders and tribal communications officers across the country. The conversations focused on exploring how communications helps in their daily work, how the communications playing...
“On November 14, 2012, 45 people gathered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the NCAI’s Annual Convention to participate in the pre-session: “Native Organizations; Working Together for Our Common Benefit.” This twelve page report outlines the key...
“A thirty-six page toolkit, this NCAI publication outlines the tools, tactics, and strategies from tribal communications experts. The toolkit aims to help tribal leaders and Indian Country advocates in ever changing media and communications...
“The ICWA Baseline Measures Project is an effort to build Court Improvement Programs (CIPs) capacity to better measure ICWA application in state court practice. The purpose of the ICWA Baseline Measures Project (ICWA BMP) is to build the capacity of CIPs to...
This blog post from Brookings discusses the higher COVID-19 incidence rates for Native communities, and the strengths and values these communities continue to demonstrate despite those unequal losses. Authors: Melissa L. Walls, PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First...
“This directory includes a detailed listing of the 13 currently operational Tribal -State Court forums around the nation. These forums provide unique collaboration opportunities across jurisdictions and have led to such positive outcomes as: agreements on the...
“This brief provides a summary overview of Tribal-State Court Forums and includes a chart that provides an overview of key features of forums, such as membership attributes, information about authorizing documents and key accomplishments.”
“This 1-pager defines and explains active efforts according to the 2016 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) final rule. Information includes examples of how active efforts are different from reasonable/passive efforts and how public child welfare programs can ensure...