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The purpose of this study was to provide an analysis of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), a landmark piece of legislation recognizing the exclusive jurisdiction of Indian tribes over the welfare of their children. This study used primary and secondary data to examine the historical events preceding the Act, the legislative history and implementation of the Act. The major problems with ICWA are twofold; there is no federal administrative body authorized to oversee ICWA implementation and compliance and there is no comprehensive and uniform collection of Indian child welfare data to measure the impact of ICWA. David Gil's social policy framework was used to analyze ICWA. The study found that although ICWA has been implemented for over 30 years, the lack of administrative oversight and compliance has impeded ICWA's objectives to reduce the overrepresentation of Indian children in child welfare systems and to place Indian children in Indian homes.
In the 1960s & 1970s, many Amer. Indian children were placed in foster care in non-Amer. Indian homes or inst. In 1978, Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to protect Amer. Indian families & to give tribes a role in making child welfare decisions for children subject to ICWA. ICWA requires that: tribes be given an opportun. to intervene when the state places a child subject to ICWA in foster care or seeks to terminate parental rights on behalf of such a child; & children be placed if possible with relatives or tribal families. This report describes: the factors that influence placement decisions for children subject to ICWA; the extent to which placements for child. have been delayed; & fed. oversight of states' implemen. of ICWA. Ill.
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