Capacity Building Center for Tribes

Dear Tribal Leaders: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will host the annual Tribal Consultation meeting on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from 1:00-4:30 EDT. During the meeting, ACF leadership will provide updates on program and regulations concerning Native children and families and be available to discuss issues of importance to Tribal leaders. Follow the link for meeting details and additional information.

The Center for Native Child and Family Resilience developed the Resilience-Informed Care training specifically for use in tribal child welfare programs. This training promotes and centers healing and wellness of individuals, families, and communities while encouraging communities to build their own vision for a resilience-oriented tribal child welfare organization. The training modules can be found here: https://lnkd.in/giRuyJQT Want to learn more? Join us on September 17th for a live webinar with information about how to access and utilize trainings on resilience-informed care for use in your own community or tribal child welfare program. Register here: https://bit.ly/4g9sliF

September is Suicide Prevention Month. American Indian and Alaska Native communities are disproportionately impacted by suicide, with rates consistently surpassing those of all other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. In January 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) held a Tribal Listening Session on the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. In this listening session, Tribal Leaders shared the importance of ensuring suicide prevention approaches in tribal communities are trauma-informed, resiliency-focused, and strength-based. (See the full report: https://bit.ly/3XuMXun) The SAMHSA Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center offers a webpage with suicide prevention research and resources for tribal communities: https://bit.ly/3B1iE5F

Workforce Development Month is celebrated every September, and The Center for Workforce Equity and Leadership (CWEL) is using this time to think about how we can better support people working in child welfare. This year's theme is: “We see you. Change is igniting.” The work of child welfare is vital. And right now, we know there are challenges to doing this work sustainability. The workforce is in transformation, grappling with high turnover, burnout, and inequitable practices harming Black, Latinx, and Indigenous professionals and the families we serve. Child welfare is hard, important work that demands specialized skills, support, and recognition. This year’s theme emphasizes the need to appreciate and develop our workforce. Check out the toolkit from The Center for Workforce Equity and Leadership for ways to celebrate the child welfare workforce this September and year round! https://bit.ly/4g8DfVT #IgnitingChangeWithCWEL #SparkAppreciation

Join the National Center for Diligent Recruitment for a free webinar to learn about the ways identification, development, and support of kinship placements can strengthen your diligent recruitment efforts and promote positive outcomes for children and youth. Learn from tribal professionals about the ways kinship placements can increase placement stability and help maintain important cultural connections. Webinar: Kinship as a Diligent Recruitment Strategy: Lessons Learned from Tribes Hosted by: National Center for Diligent Recruitment Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern

Register for tomorrow's Children's Bureau Learning and Coordination Center Digital Dialogue, Strengthening Families in a Changing Climate: Family Support in a Changing World. Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024 Time: 2 pm Eastern Registration link: https://bit.ly/3ACcI39 Along with the ongoing harmful effects of pollution in our air, water, and soil, climate change is bringing a new set of challenges to keeping kids safe that parents and child- and family-serving programs need to prepare for and respond to. In this Digital Dialogue, facilitators will talk about how the family support field can respond and bring a family-centered lens, relational tools, and strengths-based practices to conversations about climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice.

Another episode of the Capacity Building Center for Tribes podcast is live and available for listening! In our newest episode, The Tulsa County ICWA Court: Paving the Way to Better Outcomes, Judge Kevin Gray describes how the Tulsa County ICWA Court has sought better outcomes through cultural connections and family preservation and serves as the model ICWA Court for other jurisdictions in Oklahoma and across the nation. Find this episode at the link below or on your favorite podcast platform!

National Indian Country Training Initiative Online Training Announcement Title: Culture as Prevention: Using Elders to Enrich Child and Youth Programs Date: September 19, 2024, 2:00 - 3:30 pm EDT Registration deadline: September 17, 2024 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/g6wb55QP One universal principle across Tribal nations is the reverence with which Tribal Elders are held along with the knowledge they possess of Tribal cultural practices. Connection of Tribal Elders with children and youth in various Tribal programs including child welfare, juvenile justice and more has proven to be valuable for both Elders and children and youth. In this webinar, participants will learn more about how several Tribes are utilizing Tribal Elders within their programs, as well as the Americorps Senior Program which connects Elders as volunteers with Tribal programs which need them.

Resilience-informed care is a strength-based, community-driven approach that promotes and centers the healing and wellness of individuals, families, and communities. Resilience-informed care encourages the community to build their own vision for a resilience-oriented tribal child welfare organization through development of their own unique version of community resilience based upon their culture, history, and experiences of resistance to settler colonialism. Join the Capacity Building Center for Tribes and Center for Native Child and Family Resilience for this 60-minute webinar to learn more about how to access the trainings on resilience-informed care for use in your own community or tribal child welfare program.

Dear Tribal Leaders: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will host the annual Tribal Consultation meeting on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from 1:00-4:30 EDT. During the meeting, ACF leadership will provide updates on program and regulations concerning Native children and families and be available to discuss issues of importance to Tribal leaders. Follow the link for meeting details and additional information: https://bit.ly/46WYiXd