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2025 Tribal Child Welfare (ICWA, State Child Welfare, Tribal Courts) News Stories

American Indian and Alaska Native children twice as likely to live with grandparents (Child Trends) 11/19/2025

Northern California Tribe and Humboldt County settle lawsuit over extended foster care (The Imprint) 11/19/2025

How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates – video (The Guardian) 11/13/2025

Cherokee Nation opens new 40,000-square-foot Indian child welfare office (Cherokee Phoenix) 10/17/2025

Eight Tribes’ child welfare data now included in federal AFCARS dashboard (The Imprint) 10/10/2025

California state legislature passes bill aimed at keeping Native American children out of foster care (KRON 4 San Francisco) 9/16/2025

State justices uphold US Indian Child Welfare Act (Keloland South Dakota) 8/28/2025

A baby adopted, a family divided: how a Utah politician’s adoption of a Native child spurred a federal investigation [podcast] (Mother Jones) 8/23/2025

Native foster youth survey reveals lessons for child welfare professionals, advocates (The Imprint) 8/7/2025

Bill extending Montana Indian Child Welfare Act signed into law (Montana Free Press) 5/27/2025

Tribes are ‘decolonizing’ child welfare practices, national researchers find (The Imprint) 5/22/2025

Colorado among growing number of states aiming to strengthen local ICWA laws that protect tribal children and families (The Imprint) 4/24/2025

A Utah version of the Indian Child Welfare Act is again in limbo (KUER NPR Utah) 2/26/2025

Despite opposition, Montana legislator advances two priority bills from American Indian caucus (Montana Free Press) 2/25/2025

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