Comments Provided by the National Indian Child Welfare Association, National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Education Association, and National Indian Health Board (Founding partners of the First Kids 1st Initiative) APRIL 21, 2017 Introduction The safety and well-being of a community’s children is one of the highest responsibilities for any government. Tribal governments, like […]
United States Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Department of Health and Human Services Recommendations National Indian Child Welfare Association FY 2018 Testimony The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), located in Portland, Oregon, has over 35 years of experience advocating on behalf of American Indian and Alaska Native
(PORTLAND, Ore. September 15, 2020)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) heartily thanks the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) for their generous grant of $700,000 over three years to support a pilot evaluation study of Positive Indian Parenting (PIP), a parenting curriculum developed by NICWA for American Indian and Alaska Native parents. This support follows
(Portland, Ore., August 20, 2020)—As part of The Pokémon Company group’s donation to charitable nonprofit organizations around the world that improve the lives of children, the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) received a gift from the group to support the organization’s mission to strengthen the well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native children and
(PORTLAND, Ore. June 11, 2020)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association announced its official endorsement for S.3923, the Emergency Family Stabilization Act, which would help families, youth, and children faced with homelessness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID-19 pandemic has increased threats to American Indian and Alaska Native children, youth, and their families’
(NEW ORLEANS, January 22, 2020)—Following today’s United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals oral arguments in the Brackeen v. Bernhardt case, the Protect ICWA Campaign, consisting of the National Indian Child Welfare Association, the National Congress of American Indians, the Association on American Indian Affairs, and the Native American Rights Fund, issued the following statements:
On Wednesday, January 22 the full United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit) will rehear Brackeen v. Bernhardt, a case challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), and the Protect ICWA Campaign and its coalition partners will be there, on behalf of Indian Country, to show support for the 41-year-old law that protects the best interests of Indian children and families.
