A collaborative and trauma-informed practice model for urban Indian child welfare.

摘要: Preventing the breakup of American Indian family is fundamental goal Child Welfare Act (ICWA). However, few models exist to provide CPS workers and other practitioners with effective practical strategies help achieve this goal. This article presents a collaborative trauma-informed preservation practice model for services urban-based families. The encompasses both systemic direct efforts that assist families facing multiple challenges in creating nurturing more stable life. System-level interventions improve cultural responsiveness providers, encourage partnerships between community-based support ICWA compliance. Direct interventions, form intensive case management treatment services, parents/caregivers become capable meeting their own children's needs by addressing such as substance abuse, trauma mental health challenges, domestic violence, housing instability. Evaluation suggests it shows promise preventing out-of-home placement Native children, while at same time improving parental capacity, safety, child well-being, environment.Working urban (also referred herein "Native") welfare issues requires Protective Services (CPS) possess commitment engagement preservation, utilizing skills, knowledge history, approach. intervention based on decade service provision (comprising reunification, advocacy services) than 1,000 Denver Family Resource Center (DIFRC), which works collaboratively public agencies metropolitan area. its discussion focuses use receiving two targeted programs (a total 72 families).The vast majority Indians now reside areas (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004); thus, an individual who lives either large U.S. area or smaller city town rather reservation tribal community. faced living cities may include environmental problems insecurity, unemployment, criminal justice system involvement, addition clinical untreated illness, use, severe histories. combination, coupled worldview differences, make difficult know where begin (Lucero, 2007). DIFRC's has demonstrated certain can multi-problem develop create life, regain hope.Historical ContextThe troubled history intimately linked painful Federal Policy accompanying actions destroyed community ties. By end nineteenth century, tribes had been decimated displaced war, disease, federal policies, thousands children removed distant boarding schools whose goals were sever ties educate ways dominant white culture (Adams, 1995; Hoxie, 1989).During twentieth policies practices continued break up erode well-being Indians. Despite protests parents, members, tribes, mid-century Adoption Project-a joint effort League America Bureau Affairs-had resulted widespread adoption infants (Cross, Earle, 6c Simmons, 2000; George, 1997). …