Almost $2 Million Awarded to 10 Tribal Organization to Help Native Families & Communities Indian Affairs announced on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. the award of nearly $2 million in Indian Child Welfare Act grants to 10 tribal organizations to help support off-reservation Indian child and family service programs. The programs selected are to provide services intended to stabilize American Indian and Alaska Native families and Tribes, prevent the breakup of families, and ensure that the permanent removal of an American Indian or Alaska Native child from the custody of parent or custodian is a last resort.