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.

Permanency Innovations Initiative

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...

Indian Child Welfare Glossary and Flow Chart

“The Indian Child Welfare glossary is compiled to accompany the ICWA/Child Protective Services (CPS) Flow Chart.  The glossary represents words that are commonly used in Indian child welfare and in situations where the Indian Child Welfare Act is...

Customary Adoption at White Earth Nation

This Winter 2015 issue of CW360, a publication developed by the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, highlights Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice. Anita Fineday wrote a piece on Customary...