Tribal Child Welfare

Learn about collaborations with American Indian and Alaska Native nations to help strengthen Tribal child and family systems and services and find resources and tools to support Tribal child welfare professionals in their child welfare practice.

Learn how the Bureau of Indian Affairs works to enhance quality of life, promote economic opportunity and self-determination, and carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Tribes, and Alaska Natives.

Discover resources for child welfare workers to strengthen public and Tribal child welfare services and to support Tribal sovereignty along with the safety, permanency, and well-being of American Indianan/Alaska Native children, youth, and families.

Find websites for statutes, regulations, and policies for States, Territories, and Tribes that address child protection, child welfare, adoption, and services for youth.

Find trauma-informed guidance to consider when developing Tribally specific child welfare policies and procedures.

Learn about the Center for Native Child and Family Resilience, which works with Tribal communities to promote culturally relevant prevention services, build the evidence base of Tribal child welfare knowledge, and develop models of trauma resilience.

Browse a listing of Tribal nations from the National Congress of American Indians, a non-profit organization that advocates for a bright future for American Indians/Alaska Natives and serves the broad interests of Tribal governments and communities.