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Saturday, May 7, 2011

ICWA Processes and Placement Requirements

Besides my mediation and arbitration work, I am also a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and guardian ad litem (GAL) in New Mexico.  Recently, the Second Judicial District CASA Program organized Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Trianing at the Juvenile Justice Center.  Bernie Teba, member of the Navajo Tribe and Santa Clara Pueblo, and the CYFD Tribal Liaison, discussed various ICWA processes and placement requirements which I will recount here.