Kinship as a diligent recruitment strategy: Lessons learned from Tribes

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.

Learning objectives

• Identify key concepts for diligently finding, developing, and supporting kinship families
• Recognize the positive impact kinship families can provide with placement stability and cultural connection
• Gather ideas from Tribal child welfare leaders with lived experience in supporting kinship families
• Develop family-focused and culturally responsive practices
• Recognize how identifying, developing, and supporting kinship and clanship placements can support your diligent recruitment efforts and improve Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) compliance

Presenters

Misty Flowers
Diligent recruitment advisor
National Center for Diligent Recruitment

Pamela Robbins
National child welfare advisor
National Center for Diligent Recruitment

Panel

Katie Avalos
Senior licensing specialist
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community

Norma Hernandez
Foster, kinship, adoption, and guardianship licensing manager
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community

Audience

This webinar is open to all audiences (state, county, tribal, and territorial) including staff providing direct support to families and those who supervise those staff.  Additionally, administrators and managers responsible for diligent recruitment development and implementation may be interested.  The webinar may also be applicable to private agencies and nonprofit organizations that partner with child welfare systems on diligent recruitment work.