The NICWA Child and Family Policy Update provides information on critical child welfare policy issues that impact American Indian and Alaska Native children and families. The information is regularly updated and contains legislative, administrative, legal/courts, and budgetary information. Read these hot topics and more in the full Child and Family Policy Update.
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Through a collaboration with stakeholders across Indian Country, NICWA contributed to the Tribal Nations and the 2021 Presidential Transition endorsed by Resolution PDX 20-054 at the 2020 National Congress of American Indians virtual Annual Convention. The Presidential transition recommendations identify key issues to enable the incoming Administration to move forward with proactive policies that will
Senate Democrats Introduce Emergency Child Welfare Legislation to Address COVID-19 President Issues Executive Order on Strengthening Child Welfare Systems Children’s Bureau Disseminates Letter Regarding Termination of Parental Rights During Pandemic Phase III COVID-19 Legislation Contains Support for Human Services Programs AFCARS Final Rule Eliminates Over 50 ICWA Data Elements Read these hot topics and more
Over the past several years, NICWA and Generations United have been working with grandfamilies through a project called Grand Voices: Strengthening and Elevating African American and Native American Grandfamilies. We are pleased to announce a new resource, American Indian & Alaska Native Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity. Both inside
On June 24, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on strengthening the child welfare system. On June 23, 2020, the Children’s Bureau under DHHS disseminated a letter to state and tribal child welfare leaders clarifying federal requirements under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act pertaining to termination of parental rights. NICWA has
Read the newest edition of our quarterly newsletter, NICWA News. Click here to read the Summer issue alongside past NICWA News issues. Click the bottom hand corner icon to read in full screen. Click here for a PDF version. For print requests or additional copies, contact us at info@nicwa.org.
The National Indian Child Welfare Association denounces racism and oppression, whether it is individual, societal, or institutional. We stand in solidarity with and seek to uplift Black friends, families, and communities. For centuries, settler colonialism has brutalized Black and Brown people and communities. This cultural, historical, and intergenerational trauma is an ongoing and pervasive violence
The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Final Rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Children and Families Administration abandons data collection vital to effectively address the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families. AFCARS is the federal government’s largest source of data on children
Read the newest edition of our quarterly newsletter, NICWA News. Click here to read the Spring issue alongside past NICWA News issues. Click the bottom hand corner icon to read in full screen. Click here for a PDF version. For print requests or additional copies, contact us at info@nicwa.org.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, tribal human services were stretched thin and significantly under-resourced. Human service programs in tribal communities are on the frontlines providing care and protection to vulnerable children, adults, and families. In this time of uncertainty and anxiety, there are many questions about how to best support both the long- and short-term
