ICWA and Cultural Planning for Foster Care & Adoption

Description: Explain on the importance of either keeping or developing tribal identity and the realities of ICWA that sets it apart from Non-ICWA cases. Foster parents coming into the system need to understand how ICWA fits into the process so there is a clear understanding of potential outcomes in following this federal law. The importance of values and how that relates to statistics among the Native American population.

Trainer: Joseph Ashley, Program Specialist, SD Department of Social Services, Division of Child Projection Services