Feb 8, 2022 | Latest News
2022 Policy Priorities Each year the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) identifies policy priorities that will guide our efforts and focus our resources during the calendar year. These annual priorities are developed through input from our board, staff,...
Dec 28, 2021 | Latest News
Across the country, important conversations regarding systems change are taking place. There are many approaches and many different names for these child welfare system-change conversations. At NICWA, we call this systems-change work redesigning child welfare. As...
Sep 15, 2021 | Latest News
Read the newest edition of our quarterly newsletter, NICWA News.Click here to read the Spring issue alongside past NICWA News issues on Issuu. Click the bottom hand corner icon to read in full screen. For print requests or additional copies, contact us...
Sep 3, 2021 | Latest News
Media Contactmedia@nicwa.org (Portland, Ore., September 3, 2021)—Today, the United States, tribal defendants, and state and private plaintiffs filed petitions asking the United States Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Brackeen v....
Jul 13, 2021 | Latest News
First published online: July 13, 2021 On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time, President Vigil of the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) will be providing testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs regarding H.R. 1688, the...
Jun 22, 2021 | Latest News
Media Contactmedia@nicwa.org (Portland, Ore., June 22, 2021)—Today, United States Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the steps that the U.S. Department of Interior will take to address the history and current-day impact of boarding school policies and operations...
