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NRC4Tribes Webinars

Upcoming Webinars - (currently in development)

  1. Supporting the Strengthening and Improvement of Tribal/State Relationships
  2. Addressing Workforce Issues in Tribal Child Welfare Programs
  3. Enhancing Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Prevention Services
  4. Ensuring a Targeted T/TA That Meets the Individualized Needs of Tribes
  5. Partnering with ACF, BIA, and others to Model Effective Systems of Care that will Support Tribal Child Welfare Programs

Previous completed Webinars:

March 27, 2014 – Peer Support for ICWA Directors

Open to all Tribes, the Training and Technical Assistance Coordination Center (TTACC), in partnership with the National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes), hosted a Webinar for Tribal ICWA Directors on March 27, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. eastern time, 12:00 p.m. central, 11:00 a.m. mountain, 10:00 a.m. Pacific, and 9:00 a.m. Alaska time. The Webinar featured a Tribal ICWA Director sharing experiences in ways to manage a Tribal ICWA program – from handling challenges such as lack of resources and personnel to experiencing the success when Tribal families benefit from the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act. The Webinar discussed coordination and collaborations to manage case transfers and caseloads as well as:

  • Timely notifications
  • Resources for travel to transfer cases
  • How to mitigate burnout
  • Employee turnover
  • Engaging Tribal leaders to support ICWA
  • How this information pertains to Needs Assessment Recommendation #6: Build tribal child welfare peer networks

Presenters:

  • Kathy Deserly
  • Joe Walker
  • Carlette Randall
  • Diane Garreau
  • Judge William Thorne
  • Suzanne M. Garcia

Webinar Slides: Peer Support for ICWA Directors
 

February 12, 2013 - Everything you always wanted to know about the NRC4Tribes

The NRC4Tribes presented a webinar in which we covered the following:

(1)    Overview of the NRC4Tribes
(2)    Accessing Services of the NRC4Tribes
(3)    NRC statement on how the National Resource Centers work with American Indian/Alaska Native Nations
(4)    Outreach to Tribes and T/TA Network through NRC4Tribes website

Webinar slides: Everything you always wanted to know about the NRC4Tribes
 

November 8, 2012 - Promoting the Development and Maintenance of Successful Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Programs

This fourth webinar entitled, Promoting the Development and Maintenance of Successful Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Programs, will provide information about the findings of the NRC4Tribes needs assessment, how to access free TA through the T/TA Network, a discussion on T/TA available to help improve tribal foster care and adoption programs, and a discussion by a foster care and adoption specialist with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Presenters:

  • Joe Walker, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes
  • Sarah Webster, National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment
  • Larry Behrens, Foster Care/Adoption Specialist, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

 

Webinar Slides: Promoting the Development and Maintenance of Successful Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Programs

August 14, 2012 - Webinar Recording: Supporting the Development of Management Information Systems for Tribal Child Welfare Programs

This is a recording of the third in a series of webinars focusing upon the recommendations of the needs assessment. This third webinar entitled, Supporting the Development of Management Information Systems for Tribal Child Welfare Programs, focuses upon the findings of the NRC4T needs assessment, how to access free TA through the T&TA Network, Organizational Assessments, as well as one tribal child welfare agency’s experiences in receiving an assessment.

Presenters:

  • Joe Walker, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes
  • Cheryl Montoya, National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology
  • Boyd Cummings, Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma



Webinar Slides: Supporting the Development of Management Information Systems for Tribal Child Welfare Programs
 

July 3, 2012 - Webinar Supporting the Use of Culturally Based Practices in Tribal Child Welfare

This is the second in a series of webinars focusing upon the recommendations of the needs assessment. (no recording of the presentation was captured) This second webinar entitled, Support the Use of Culturally Based Practices in Tribal Child Welfare, focuses upon the findings of the NRC4T needs assessment, how to access free TA through the T/TA Network, Organizational Assessments, as well as one tribal child welfare agency’s experiences in receiving an assessment.

Presenters:

  • Joe Walker, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes
  • Maria Scannapieco, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center for Child WelfareThe Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Center University of Texas - Arlington
  • Mary Iannone, MSW., Implementation Manager  The Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Center University of Texas – Arlington
  • Jhon Goes In Center, Senior Analyst Face-to-Face Integrated Technologies


Webinar Slides: Supporting the Use of Culturally Based Practices in Tribal Child Welfare

 

February 6, 2012 - Webinar Recording: Support the Strengthening of the Tribal Child Welfare Program Infrastructure to Improve Practice

This is a recording of the first in a series of webinars focusing upon the recommendations of the needs assessment. This first webinar entitled, Support the Strengthening of the Tribal Child Welfare Program Infrastructure to Improve Practice, focuses upon the findings of the NRC4T needs assessment, how to access free TA through the T/TA Network, Organizational Assessments, as well as one tribal child welfare agency’s experiences in receiving an assessment.

Presenters:

  • Joe Walker, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes
  • Kathy Deserly, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes
  • Steven Preister, National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement
  • Emily Iron Cloud-Koenen, Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi (LOWO)



Webinar Slides: Supporting Tribal Child Welfare Program Infrastructure to Improve Practice
 

June 30, 2010 - Webinar Recording: National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes

The NRC4Tribes conducted a Children's Bureau webinar to an audience of 69 participants providing an overview of who we are, who our partner agencies are, to explain our Vision, Mission, Philosophies, and Guiding Principles that we developed as we work together with the Children's Bureau to implement the NRC4Tribes. We also discussed our upcoming workplans and activities as well as the National Tribal T/TA Needs Assessment plans that were currently underway.

To view a recording of the webinar please go to: http://connectpro68806239.na5.acrobat.com/p93528767/

Webinar Slides: June 30 2010 NRC4Tribes
 

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