Training Materials
Qualified Expert Witness:
This training session is designed for tribal social workers or advocates that represent tribes in Indian Child Welfare Act cases. This training session provides information on who is eligible to be a qualified expert witness, when to use an expert witness, how to identify and select an expert witness for when removal and termination decision making is required in an ICWA case.
Stages of Dependency:
The training content is designed to educate, promote, encourage, and support tribal and non-tribal advocates working with ICWA cases. It provides an overview of stages of dependency, law, and hearings required in dependency cases.
Court Advocacy Skills:
Provides a brief historical overview on ICWA; information on and implementation of ICWA provisions and the role of ICWA advocates; strategies, tools, and recommendations to achieve successful outcomes in court appearances, testifying in court, and all interactions with the court including basic training on how to communicate effectively with the judge.
Active Efforts:
The training content is designed to educate, promote, encourage, and support tribal and non-tribal advocates working on ICWA cases. It provides an overview of active efforts and active efforts in ICWA cases.
Active Efforts Job Aid Handouts:
- Active Efforts Checklist
- Active Efforts During the COVID-19 Crisis
- Active Efforts Goals Action Plan
- Active Efforts Practice Tips Checklist
- Example of Recording Active Efforts in a Disposition
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Active Efforts
Tribal Customary Adoptions:
The training content is designed to educate, promote, encourage, and support tribal and non-tribal advocates working on ICWA cases. It provides an overview of placement preferences such as T.C.A., and permanency planning.
Tribal Customary Adoptions Job Aid Handouts:
- Tribal Customary Adoption Checklist
- TCA Process and Practice Tips
- Continuance for TCA Process Flow Chart
- TCAO Sample Order
- Tribal Customary Adoption Questionnaire
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) TCA
Tribal Criminal Background Checks:
The training content is designed to educate, promote, encourage, and support tribal and non-tribal advocates working with ICWA cases. It provides an overview of the application process for authorization pursuant to Penal Code Section 11105.08, where federally recognized tribes can approve their own homes for placement of their children removed from the custody of their parents or Indian custodian (25 U.S.C. § 1915).
- Tribal Criminal Background Checks PPT
- Tribal Criminal Background Checks Handouts
- 1. ACL NO. 19_71
- 2. ACL No.17_62 Auth for Background Checks
- 3. Tribally Approved Homes FAQs 11-15-19 ADA
- 4. Example Home Approval Form Template
- 5. DOJ SB 1460 Application for Authorization
- 6. SB1460 Tribal Background Checks Language
- 7. BCIA Request Live Scan
- 8. Reading CORI
- 9. Out-of-State CACI List
- 10. Certified Record Request
- 11. Federal 5 yrs. ban and non-exemptible crimes list
- 12. State non-exemptible crimes
- 13. Tribal Agency Go-To guide
- 14. Master Exemption Request Training Template
- 15. Master Criminal Record Statement Training Template
- 16. Master Reference Request Training Template
- 17. Reimbursement for Live Scan Fees