On behalf of everyone who contributed so much time and effort in planning and preparing for the Fostering Connections Tribal Gatherings, including the Children’s Bureau and Regional Office partners, as well as the Children’s Bureau T&TA Network - we would like to thank you so much for your participation. We hope that the presentations and breakout sessions provided 'food for thought' as you consider how the Fostering Connections legislation might benefit tribal communities. There are many resources available through the Children's Bureau's National Training and Technical Assistance Network. The NRC4Tribes is available to assist tribes directly or help tribes connect with other T&TA Network partners and resources within the Children's Bureau. We look forward to serving as an ongoing resource to tribal child welfare programs.
The National Child Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) is the newest resource center within the Children’s Bureau Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) National Network. This new National Resource Center for Tribes will join the Children's Bureau's Child Welfare Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Network which is designed to improve child welfare systems and to support States and Tribes in achieving sustainable, systemic change that results in greater safety, permanency, and well-being for children, youth, and families. The Children’s Bureau is located within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Tribes will continue to be able to access training and technical assistance (T&TA) through various national resources centers within the Children’s Bureau National T&TA Network. Following an initial planning/assessment year, this new NRC for Tribes will become the focal point for coordinated and culturally competent child welfare T&TA for Tribes within the T&TA Network. The NRC4Tribes will work collaboratively with Tribes and the T&TA Network to assist Tribes in the enhancement of child welfare services and the promotion of safety, permanency and well-being for American Indian/Alaska Native children and families – including:
- Enhancing Tribal access to and utilization of the Children’s Bureau T&TA Network;
- Brokering Tribal T&TA through the T&TA Network;
- Assisting in the provision of T&TA as needed and feasible;
- Facilitating peer-to-peer consultation between Tribes regarding child welfare issues;
- Increasing cultural competence and sensitivity to Tribal voices in the T&TA Network and in State child welfare systems
- Generating toolkits, resource manuals, and other products for dissemination
- Participating in NRC4Tribes-specific and national cross-site evaluation process
A key objective of the NRC for Tribes in its first year is to conduct in a national assessment of tribal child welfare systems, to better understand and appropriately serve tribal communities in subsequent years. The National Resource Center for Tribes is authorized to provide T&TA services to federally-recognized Tribes who receive federal Title IV-B funding.
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Tribal Child Welfare in the News
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An Evaluation of Family Group Decision Making with Native American Families Toolkit
An Evaluation of Family Group Decision Making with Native American FamiliesThis Toolkit was prepared by Casey Family Programs Research Services, Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi (LOWO), and Sicangu Child and ...
Posted Jan 28, 2012 12:46 PM by Lou Sgroi
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SC: Court To Hear Oklahoma Adoption Case
KOCO Oklahoma City January 17, 2012South Carolina's Supreme Court will soon hear an adoption dispute involving an Oklahoma toddler.http://www.koco.com/news/30229554/detail.html
Posted Jan 18, 2012 9:00 AM by Kathy Deserly
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SD: Gov.: No useful data in NPR report on Indian children
Daily Republic January 17, 2012Gov. Dennis Daugaard said he didn’t gain any useful information from a controversial 2011 public radio series on American Indian foster children in South ...
Posted Jan 18, 2012 7:40 AM by Kathy Deserly
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OR: Sea-change at DHS: New effort to keep Black, Native American kids out of foster care Post
The Skanner January 12, 2012Responding to dismal statistics – and heartbreaking personal stories of broken families – the Oregon Department of Human Services is launching a major initiative to reduce the ...
Posted Jan 13, 2012 11:02 AM by Kathy Deserly
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Tribal Court Improvement Program Consultation
The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Public Law
112-34), which was signed into law on September 30, 2011, created a new
Tribal Court Improvement Program (Tribal ...
Posted Jan 9, 2012 4:23 PM by Lou Sgroi
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Abuse, native foster care focus of Rapid City Unity Rally
A small group of activists rallied Friday, December 16, 2011 in Rapid City to protest sexual
abuse of children and the state's foster care system.
The two-issue Unity ...
Posted Dec 20, 2011 8:28 AM by Lou Sgroi
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US officials plan South Dakota summit on Indian foster care
PIERRE -- Federal officials are planning a summit in South
Dakota in the wake of allegations that the state has violated
federal law by removing too many American Indian children from ...
Posted Dec 20, 2011 8:28 AM by Lou Sgroi
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Supreme Court Approached on ICWA Issue
By Carol Berry, Indian Country Today
December 10, 2011 - The Cherokee Nation and one of its members have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide issues raised by a ...
Posted Dec 13, 2011 10:23 AM by Lou Sgroi
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Tribal Court Improvement Program Grant
Tribal Court Improvement Program - The Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau
announces the availability of awards to provide Tribes and Tribal
consortia the opportunity to compete for grants ...
Posted Dec 9, 2011 12:46 PM by Lou Sgroi
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Exposing and Repairing the Devastation Caused by the Indian Adoption Project
Indian Country Today Article by Stephanie
Woodard December 6, 2011 -- I’m an angry Indian,” Roger St. John, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, told the First
Nations Repatriation Institute’s second annual ...
Posted Dec 6, 2011 11:45 AM by Lou Sgroi
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