State Data System: Incorporating ICWA Components MCWIC Tribal Gathering May 5, 2010 Loa Porter, MPA - Indian Child Welfare Consultant Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Division of Safety and Permanence & MCWIC State Project Manager for “Best Outcomes for Indian Children” Project
Need for statistical information • Data shows us Where we are, and where we need to be • Areas of improvement • Areas of education • • Compliance with federal and tribal laws Provides a general picture of: • Individual needs • Disporportionality/disparity
Types of Information Available • • • AFCARS (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System) CFSR (Child and Family Service Reviews) IHS (Indian Health Service) BIA Labor Force Data (Bureau of Indian Affairs) State SACWIS (State Automated Child Welfare Information System)
States' SACWIS Status
Tribal Access to State SACWIS systems: 2007 Yes Montana Arizona Mississippi Wyoming Connecticut New York Nebraska Oregon Washington Oklahoma No Read Only
ICWA Compliance Components • • • Identification Notice to Tribes Placement Preference QEW Active Efforts
e. Wi. SACWIS Tools • • Screening for Child’s Status as Indian Child’s Biological Family History Request for Confirmation of Child’s Indian Status Notice of Involuntary Child Custody Proceeding Involving an Indian Child
Wisconsin’s e. WISACWIS
Person Management
Selecting ‘American Indian/Alaskan Native’
The ‘Tribe’ field becomes a required field.
New Tribe value of ‘Identified/Not Confirmed’.
e. Wi. SACWIS Information • • • Data is provided quarterly from the information entered by county cases workers. Number of children identified as Indian Number of children subject to ICWA • • Number of agencies notices Number of children placed per placement preference
Data Uses • • • Identification by tribe Identification by Counties response to ICWA requirements • Training • Improving Communication with Tribal Agencies • • Continuous Quality Improvement Create language in State’s Five Year Family Service Plan
Indian Children in OHC
Identified Indian Children by Region
County ICWA Training needs NORTHEASTERN REGION Identified WI Tribe Other Tribe Unknown Calumet 0 0 0 Green Lake 0 0 0 Door 0 1 1 Marquette 0 0 1 Oconto 1 0 2 Kewaunee 3 0 3 Shawano 17 0 3 Waupaca 2 0 3 Waushara 0 0 3 Fond Du Lac 1 0 4 Menominee 10 0 4 Outagamie 14 3 4 Manitowoc 6 1 5 Marinette 0 0 5 Sheboygan 2 0 5 Winnebago 7 3 14 Brown 80 11 91 subtotal 143 19 148
What you can do • • • Take these issues up within your state/county, using Uniform ICW Data Elements and Baseline as bases for action Incorporate the elements into state information system Engage with us in continuous improvement of useful ICW data to improve outcomes for Native children NICWA - CWLA J. George 4 -12 -10
. . . peace. . . comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers. . . Black Elk, Oglala Sioux Questions?
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