Capacity Building Center for Tribes

The Capacity Building Center for Tribes has had the incredible privilege of working alongside and supporting tribal child welfare programs and professionals for ten years thanks to the generous funding provided by the Children's Bureau. As we approach the end of this funding in September 2024, we want to thank all of the tribal programs with whom we have worked alongside and our partner organizations and consultants for dreaming of what it looks like to build programs that care for families in ways that are congruent with cultural beliefs and turning those dreams into reality. Also, we have exciting news to share: the Children's Bureau will soon announce the newly funded National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement. More information will be passed along about the new Center and services available to tribes soon. To stay updated, you can also receive information directly from the Children's Bureau by subscribing to their newsletter. During this transition, the Tribal Information Exchange and its resources will continue to be available. Your dedication and hard work are truly appreciated, and we thank you for everything you do!

HEAR US - Helping?Ensure?Acknowledgement of,?Respect for, and an?Understanding of?Sovereignty The HEAR US video project was envisioned as a resource that could be used to educate people who are working with tribal nations by providing them foundational information on what tribes wish people knew before coming onto tribal lands for any purpose, and the significant cultural connections American Indian and Alaska Native?children lose when they are removed from their communities and the impact of these losses and how it may result in lifelong traumatic effects. Watch the HEAR US videos: https://lnkd.in/gQDn_vd9

The Tribal Child Welfare Leadership Academy curriculum package is available for download on the Tribal Information Exchange: https://lnkd.in/g6tJeNvr The?Tribal Child Welfare Leadership Academy?was created to meet the unique needs of tribal leaders by using an Indigenous competency-based framework that was developed collaboratively by tribal child welfare leaders, trainers and professional coaches across the country. This training is based on foundational framework of the?National Child Welfare Workforce Institute Leadership Academy?but designed specifically to reflect indigenous values and beliefs about leadership. Resources are available as Word documents and PPT files to allow tribal child welfare programs to adapt the curriculum to their needs.

The Tribal Child Welfare Practice Path training curriculum is available for download on the Tribal Information Exchange: https://lnkd.in/g6-tum3h Tribes have long known how to best take care of their children and families. The Tribal Child Welfare Practice Path is a training for tribal child welfare workers to acquire foundational practice knowledge and begin to develop a culturally informed, resiliency-focused practice lens for their work with Indigenous children and families. This training seeks to acknowledge this truth through promoting culturally informed practice and a return to tribal values as guiding principles. As participants move through four modules (Heart, Head, Ways, and Tools), they develop and refine their assessment lens, develop and apply critical thinking, and incorporate cultural values into engagement, assessment, and goal setting with families. Resources are available as Word documents and PPT files to allow tribal child welfare programs to adapt the curriculum to their needs.

The Capacity Building Center for Tribes newest podcast episode is live! The third episode of our ICWA Court Series features Judge Rebekka Stumme of the Carlton County Courthouse Sixth Judicial District of Minnesota and is facilitated by guest host Sheldon Spotted Elk, Senior Director of Judicial and National Engagement at Casey Family Programs. Judge Stumme has served on the bench for five years and presides over two ICWA court dockets. In this episode, Judge Stumme explores her professional background in Indian Child Welfare courts, crediting her early experience to her mentor, the late Judge Sally Tarnowski. She shares the physical attributes of the courtroom over which she presides that serves Native families in juvenile, criminal, and drug treatment proceedings and how courtroom spaces can pay respect to Native cultures. Further, she recounts the first steps and early engagement with community partners that led to the eventual establishment of the ICWA court. This episode includes successes, as well as challenges, and lessons learned along the way and explores post-COVID changes to court proceedings. Listen to this episode and the entire ICWA Court Series by following the link or by searching wherever you listen to podcasts for "Capacity Building Center for Tribes."

Last week, the Capacity Building Center for Tribes and Center for Native Child and Family Resilience hosted a live webinar with information about how to access and utilize trainings on resilience-informed care for use in your own community or tribal child welfare program. The webinar recording is now available on the Center for Tribes YouTube Channel. The Resilience-Informed Care training modules can be found here: https://lnkd.in/giRuyJQT

Join us tomorrow (Tuesday, 9/17) from 2-3 pm EDT for the Centering Healing and Wellness Through Resilience-Informed Care webinar! Register in advance (we'll send you a link to the recording if you can't make it!): https://bit.ly/4g9sliF

National Indian Country Training Initiative Online Training Announcement Title: ICWA Webinar Series: The Indian Child Welfare Act and the Role of Tribal and State Attorneys Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 2:00 - 3:45 pm EDT Registration: https://bit.ly/47bueqS Registration deadline: October 4, 2024 The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) provides minimum Federal standards for the removal of Indian children from their families and placement in foster and adoptive homes. Tribal and State attorneys play important roles in advancing the protections of ICWA. This webinar is the fourth in a multipart series concerning the application of ICWA in State courts and the role of Tribal courts in cases involving ICWA. Kate Fort, a nationally recognized expert on ICWA will discuss the implications of ICWA in representing Tribes and States in child welfare cases. Topics will include transfer, state agreements, and many other important topics.

The Office of Victims of Crime offers a variety of resources to support child victims and witnesses in tribal communities, including resources related to criminal court, dependency court, human trafficking, and more.

The Capacity Building Center for Tribes developed the Tribal Title IV-E Workbook: A Planning Guide for Project Managers to assist tribes in planning for title IV-E. The workbook sections correspond to each section of the title IV-E pre-print and can be customized to meet the needs of individual programs. It is recommended that tribal programs use this tool with a person who is familiar with implementing IV-E programs.