National Child Welfare Association
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What We Do

NICWA provides training, policy, and development services to help American Indian children grow up safe, healthy, and spiritually strong.

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What We Do

2006-07 Accomplishments

  • NICWA provided information services to 912 requestors.
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  • NICWA trained 1,594 participants through on-site workshops, training institutes and its ICWA online training course.
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  • NICWA provided technical assistance (TA) to 3,740 participants to improve American Indian child welfare systems and American Indian children's mental health programs.
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  • NICWA provided tribal certification services to 60 participants.
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  • NICWA provided customary adoption program support and training to 733 participants.
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The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) works to address the issues of child abuse and neglect through training, research, public policy, and grassroots community development. NICWA also works to support compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), which seeks to keep American Indian children with American Indian families.

NICWA improves the lives of American Indian children and families by helping tribes and other service providers implement services that are culturally competent, community-based, and focused on the strengths and assets of families. This work includes collaborating with tribal and urban Indian child welfare programs to increase their service capacity, enhancing tribal-state relationships, and providing training, technical assistance, information services and alliance building.