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UND Social Work, partners secure $2.5M to improve state's American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Outcomes

The University of North Dakota Department of Social Work at the College of Nursing and Professional Development and its partners have received a second five-year $2.5 million federal award from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to continue their work statewide to reduce the disproportionate placement of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children away from their families and communities and to improve child welfare outcomes for Native children and families. For the grant, UND's Social Work Department has partnered with the Native American Training Institute; the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation; the Spirit Lake Nation; the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; the North Dakota Supreme Court (Court Improvement Project); the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, and the Children and Family Services Section of the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. ....

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HHS announces 2023 grants open for Title IV-E prevention services that stabilize families and reduce foster care

BISMARCK, ND - North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the Children and Family Services Section has $700,000 available in 2023 for grant funding for agencies and professionals ....

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Indian Child Welfare and Wellness Conference to be held in person

BISMARCK - The 22nd annual Indian Child Welfare and Wellness Conference, titled “Honoring the Past, Healing the Present, Shaping the Future,” will be held July 25-27, at Sky Dancer Casino ....

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June is National Reunification Month

ND HSS highlights this month by recognizing families and partner agencies. ....

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