Read the newest edition of our quarterly newsletter, NICWA News. Click here to read the Winter issue alongside past NICWA News issues. Click the bottom hand corner icon to read in full screen. Click here for a PDF version. For print requests or additional copies,...

Through a collaboration with stakeholders across Indian Country, NICWA contributed to the Tribal Nations and the 2021 Presidential Transition endorsed by Resolution PDX 20-054 at the 2020 National Congress of American Indians virtual Annual Convention. The...

Read the newest edition of our quarterly newsletter, NICWA News. Click here to read the Fall issue alongside past NICWA News issues. Click the bottom hand corner icon to read in full screen. Click here for a PDF version. For...

Senate Democrats Introduce Emergency Child Welfare Legislation to Address COVID-19 President Issues Executive Order on Strengthening Child Welfare Systems Children’s Bureau Disseminates Letter Regarding Termination of Parental Rights During Pandemic Phase III COVID-19...

Over the past several years, NICWA and Generations United have been working with grandfamilies through a project called Grand Voices: Strengthening and Elevating African American and Native American Grandfamilies. We are pleased to announce a new resource, American...

On June 24, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on strengthening the child welfare system. On June 23, 2020, the Children’s Bureau under DHHS disseminated a letter to state and tribal child welfare leaders clarifying federal requirements under Title...

Read the newest edition of our quarterly newsletter, NICWA News. Click here to read the Summer issue alongside past NICWA News issues. Click the bottom hand corner icon to read in full screen. Click here for a PDF version. For print requests or additional copies,...

The National Indian Child Welfare Association denounces racism and oppression, whether it is individual, societal, or institutional. We stand in solidarity with and seek to uplift Black friends, families, and communities. For centuries, settler colonialism has...

The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Final Rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Children and Families Administration abandons data collection vital to effectively address the needs of American Indian and Alaska...

Read the newest edition of our quarterly newsletter, NICWA News. Click here to read the Spring issue alongside past NICWA News issues. Click the bottom hand corner icon to read in full screen. Click here for a PDF version. For print requests or additional copies,...