Indian Child Welfare Act

Minnesota counties are telling state lawmakers they need more financial support to launch the African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act.

For three decades, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids.

For the first time, some states moved toward establishing an expectation of 'active efforts' for most or all children involved in child welfare cases.

The amended and renamed African American Family Preservation Act would expand the “gold standard” of child welfare law to nearly all foster children.

A case before the Minnesota Court of Appeals revives a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, as well as a local version of the law. 

The Biden administration has proposed new data requirements on state compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act

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Abena Hutchful writes that for Indigenous children, access to their own culture's stories may hinge on the Supreme Court's ICWA decision.