The Heart of ICWA
Recognizing the need for ICWA public education materials that can be distributed widely and throughout social media channels, the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) partnered with award-winning Producer/Director Karen Odyniec and Producer Milo Daemgen...
NICWA Native American Children’s Safety Act Testimony
Comments Provided by the National Indian Child Welfare Association, National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Education Association, and National Indian Health Board (Founding partners of the First Kids 1st Initiative) APRIL 21, 2017 Introduction The...
NICWA Senate DHHS Appropriations Testimony
United States Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Department of Health and Human Services Recommendations National Indian Child Welfare Association FY 2018 Testimony The National Indian Child Welfare...
NICWA Awarded $700,000 Grant to Evaluate Positive Indian Parenting Curriculum
(PORTLAND, Ore. September 15, 2020)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) heartily thanks the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) for their generous grant of $700,000 over three years to support a pilot evaluation study of Positive Indian Parenting...
Protect ICWA Campaign Partners Applaud Lawsuit Challenging Data Collection Withdrawal in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Final Rule
(Portland, OR, August 27, 2020)—Today we applaud the broad coalition of tribal nations and foster and LGBTQ+ youth organizations who filed a lawsuit challenging the 2020 Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Final Rule. The 2020 Rule rolled...
The Pokémon Company Group Donates to NICWA to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Children
(Portland, Ore., August 20, 2020)—As part of The Pokémon Company group’s donation to charitable nonprofit organizations around the world that improve the lives of children, the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) received a gift from the group to support...
American Indian and Alaska Native Children More Likely to Live in Grandfamilies and Face Heightened Challenges with Limited Supports
American Indian and Alaska Native Children More Likely to Live in Grandfamilies and Face Heightened Challenges with Limited Supports New tool elevates cultural strengths and helps organizations better support families (Washington, DC)—Compared to all other racial or...
NICWA Endorses Emergency Family Stabilization Act
(PORTLAND, Ore. June 11, 2020)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association announced its official endorsement for S.3923, the Emergency Family Stabilization Act, which would help families, youth, and children faced with homelessness in the wake of the COVID-19...
The Protect ICWA Campaign Urges Federal Appeals Court to Affirm ICWA’s Constitutionality Following Oral Arguments in Brackeen v. Bernhardt
(NEW ORLEANS, January 22, 2020)—Following today’s United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals oral arguments in the Brackeen v. Bernhardt case, the Protect ICWA Campaign, consisting of the National Indian Child Welfare Association, the National Congress of American...
Protect ICWA Campaign Partners to Attend Fifth Circuit Court’s Brackeen v. Bernhardt Rehearing
On Wednesday, January 22 the full United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit) will rehear Brackeen v. Bernhardt, a case challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), and the Protect ICWA Campaign and its coalition partners will be there, on behalf of Indian Country, to show support for the 41-year-old law that protects the best interests of Indian children and families.