Indian Child Welfare Act : Existing Information on Implication Issues Could Be Used to Target Guidance and Assistance to States

In the 1960s & 1970s, many Amer. Indian children were placed in foster care in non-Amer. Indian homes or inst. In 1978, Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to protect Amer. Indian families & to give tribes a role in making child welfare decisions for children subject to ICWA. ICWA requires that: tribes be given an opportun. to intervene when the state places a child subject to ICWA in foster care or seeks to terminate parental rights on behalf of such a child; & children be placed if possible with relatives or tribal families. This report describes: the factors that influence placement decisions for children subject to ICWA; the extent to which placements for child. have been delayed; & fed. oversight of states' implemen. of ICWA. Ill.Ashby, Cornelia M. is the author of 'Indian Child Welfare Act : Existing Information on Implication Issues Could Be Used to Target Guidance and Assistance to States', published 2005 under ISBN 9781422301104 and ISBN 1422301109.