Virtual Hearing – ICWA — Overview of Improvements to the Child Welfare System to Reduce Disproportionality, Data Trends and Implications, and Prevention/Family Preservation (including changes to IV-E)
The three-person panel will provide an overview of ICWA—Overview of improvements to the child welfare system to reduce disproportionality, data trends and implications, and prevention/family preservation (including changes to IV-E). During this panel, experts will present strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improvement for Native children, youth, and their communities.
Agenda
Recording
Presentation
Ombimindwaa Gidinawemaaganinaadog – Uplifting all of Our Relatives Presented by Cheri Goodwin
Additional Reading
Red Lake Nation recognized for ‘decolonized’ approach to child and family services.
American Indian and Alaska Native overexposure to foster care and family surveillance in the US: a quantitative overview of contemporary system contact.
Columbia Journal of Race and Law – Abolition, Settler Colonalism, and the Persistent Threat of Indian Child Welfare.
