State Data System: Incorporating State Data System: Incorporating ICWA Components ICWA Components

MCWIC Tribal Gathering MCWIC Tribal Gathering May 5, 2010May 5, 2010

Loa Porter, MPA - Indian Child Welfare ConsultantLoa Porter, MPA - Indian Child Welfare ConsultantWisconsin Department of Children and Families Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

Division of Safety and Permanence Division of Safety and Permanence &&

MCWIC State Project Manager for “Best Outcomes for Indian Children” ProjectMCWIC State Project Manager for “Best Outcomes for Indian Children” Project

Need for statistical informationNeed for statistical information

• Data shows us Where we are, and Data shows us Where we are, and where we need to bewhere we need to be• Areas of improvementAreas of improvement• Areas of educationAreas of education

• Compliance with federal and tribal lawsCompliance with federal and tribal laws• Provides a general picture of: Provides a general picture of:

• Individual needsIndividual needs• Disporportionality/disparityDisporportionality/disparity

Types of Information Available Types of Information Available

• AFCARS AFCARS (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System)(Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System)

• CFSR CFSR (Child and Family Service Reviews) (Child and Family Service Reviews)

• IHS IHS (Indian Health Service)(Indian Health Service)

• BIA Labor Force Data BIA Labor Force Data (Bureau of Indian Affairs)(Bureau of Indian Affairs)

• State SACWIS State SACWIS (State Automated Child Welfare Information System)(State Automated Child Welfare Information System)

States' SACWIS Status

                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                         

Tribal Access to State SACWIS systems: 2007Tribal Access to State SACWIS systems: 2007

Yes Yes NoNo Read OnlyRead Only

MontanaMontana

ArizonaArizona

MississippiMississippi

Wyoming Wyoming

ConnecticutConnecticut

New York New York

Nebraska Nebraska

OregonOregon

WashingtonWashington

OklahomaOklahoma

ICWA Compliance ComponentsICWA Compliance Components

• Identification Identification • Notice to Tribes Notice to Tribes • Placement Preference Placement Preference • QEWQEW• Active Efforts Active Efforts

eWiSACWIS Tools eWiSACWIS Tools

• Screening for Child’s Status as IndianScreening for Child’s Status as Indian• Child’s Biological Family HistoryChild’s Biological Family History• Request for Confirmation of Child’s Request for Confirmation of Child’s

Indian StatusIndian Status• Notice of Involuntary Child Custody Notice of Involuntary Child Custody

Proceeding Involving an Indian ChildProceeding Involving an Indian Child

0

500

1000

eWiSACWIS Data - ICWA Implementation

OH Placement 696 806 729 734

Subject to ICWA 567 695 631 649

ICWA Notice 99 101 54 31

Placement 81 83 43 22

2005 2006 2007 2008

Wisconsin’s eWISACWISWisconsin’s eWISACWIS

Person Management

Selecting ‘American Indian/Alaskan Native’

The ‘Tribe’ field becomes a required field.

New Tribe value of ‘Identified/Not Confirmed’.

eWiSACWIS InformationeWiSACWIS Information

• Data is provided Data is provided quarterly from the quarterly from the information entered information entered by county cases by county cases workers.workers.

• Number of children Number of children identified as Indianidentified as Indian

• Number of children Number of children subject to ICWAsubject to ICWA

• Number of agencies Number of agencies notices notices

• Number of children Number of children placed per placed per placement placement preference preference

Data UsesData Uses

• Identification by tribe Identification by tribe • Identification by County Identification by County • Counties response to ICWA requirementsCounties response to ICWA requirements

• TrainingTraining• Improving Communication with Tribal Improving Communication with Tribal

Agencies Agencies • Continuous Quality ImprovementContinuous Quality Improvement• Create language in State’s Five Year Create language in State’s Five Year

Family Service Plan Family Service Plan

Indian Children in OHCIndian Children in OHC

0

200

400

600

800

Wi Tribes 395 431 449 446

Other AI 86 102 130 126

Unknown 718 777 756 750

2005 2006 2007 2008

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Regions

Identified WI Tribe 143 64 58 21 36

Other Tribe 19 12 48 6 17

Unknown 148 62 137 30 79

Northeastern Northern Southeast Southern Western

Identified Indian Children by Identified Indian Children by RegionRegion

County ICWA Training needsCounty ICWA Training needsNORTHEASTERN REGION Identified WI Tribe Other Tribe Unknown

Calumet 0 0 0

Green Lake 0 0 0

Door 0 1 1

Marquette 0 0 1

Oconto 1 0 2

Kewaunee 3 0 3

Shawano 17 0 3

Waupaca 2 0 3

Waushara 0 0 3

Fond Du Lac 1 0 4

Menominee 10 0 4

Outagamie 14 3 4

Manitowoc 6 1 5

Marinette 0 0 5

Sheboygan 2 0 5

Winnebago 7 3 14

Brown 80 11 91

subtotal 143 19 148

NICWA - CWLA J. George 4-12-1NICWA - CWLA J. George 4-12-100

What you can doWhat you can do

• Take these issues up within your Take these issues up within your state/county, using Uniform ICW Data state/county, using Uniform ICW Data Elements and Baseline as bases for Elements and Baseline as bases for actionaction

• Incorporate the elements into state Incorporate the elements into state information systeminformation system

• Engage with us in continuous Engage with us in continuous improvement of useful ICW data to improvement of useful ICW data to improve outcomes for Native childrenimprove outcomes for Native children

. . .peace. . .comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers. . . Black Elk, Oglala Sioux

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