Resource Library

This library contains over 200 articles and resources relevant to tribal child welfare, gathered from a wide variety of sources. It also includes all of the products developed by the Capacity Building Center for Tribes that you see featured on this website. We hope you find what you need!

Materials here not created by the Capacity Building Center for Tribes are for reference and not necessarily endorsed by the Children’s Bureau.

ICWA INFO blog

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...
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The Heart of ICWA

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.
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Capacity Building Collaborative Briefs

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...
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Title IV-E Planning Resources

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...
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