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Contacts
To find legal assistance by state:
- Use the List of Indian Child
Welfare Act Designates, Bureau of Indian
Affairs -- HTML PDF.
(Indian
Child Welfare Act; Receipt of Designated
Tribal Agents for Service of Notice, Tuesday, April 28, 2009; 74 FR 19326-01).
Also includes contact information for BIA regional directors and social
workers.
- Start at the state-by-state
list in this Guide
for the following information:
- State bar associations (national are linked also);
- State
ICWA offices (with ICWA guides in some cases);
- A link to tribal
directories is in each state index.
- Start at the National Indian Law Library's Guide to Legal Assistance Resources for the following information:
- Directories of state and local legal assistance organizations, some
of which may provide ICWA assistance;
- Directories of lawyers and law firms, some of which may provide ICWA
assistance.
- See several of the links below that provide help finding urban and health
centers.
Federal funding for federally-recognized tribes:
To learn about federal
sources of funding that federally-recognized
tribes are eligible for to provide child
welfare related services, see Frequently
Asked Question #22: Resources.
Some national child welfare
organizations:
National Indian Child Welfare Association
ABA [American Bar Association] Center on Children and the Law
Administration
for Children and Families, Dept. of Health
and Human Services - For a list of regional
offices, see Frequently
Asked Question #22: Resources.
Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
Child Welfare Information Gateway, formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information - A Service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Child Welfare League of America
Indian
Child Welfare Act Clinic and Law Center, University of Minnesota
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National Council of Urban Indian Health - See also a list of health
centers by state
National Urban Indian Family Coaltion - See also a list of regional/local urban centers
North American Indian Legal
Services, Inc.
Tribal
Court CASA [Court Appointed Special Advocates] Project
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