Indian Child Welfare Act: Existing Information on Implication Issues Could Be Used to Target Guidance and Assistance to States
- ISBN-10
- 1422301109
- ISBN-13
- 9781422301104
- Pages
- 88
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-09
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Cornelia M. Ashby
Description
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.
