{"id":31366,"date":"2017-03-31T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caseyfamilyv2.wpengine.com\/icwa-recruitment-retention\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:42:23","slug":"icwa-recruitment-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/es\/icwa-recruitment-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies for Successfully Recruiting and Retaining Preferred-Placement Foster Homes for American Indian Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p>This brief highlights strategies used by tribal and state teams working to increase the number of foster parents for American Indian children \u2014 strategies to increase foster placements that reflect children\u2019s culture and that comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Because many child welfare jurisdictions across the United States face shortages of foster parents, strategies that increase foster care placements in family settings within children\u2019s own communities when foster care is needed may be of broad interest.<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-sprint-wood-gradient margin-top margin-bottom padding-top wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n   <div class=\"label text-revolver mb-7 pre-header\">Lee el resumen<\/div>\n   <h2>Strategies for Successfully Recruiting and Retaining Preferred-Placement Foster Homes for American Indian Children<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This brief details how tribal and state teams recruit Native American foster families to maintain cultural ties and ensure legal compliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n   <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/icwa-recruitment-retention.pdf\" target=\"\">Descargar<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  pt-0 md:pt-9\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Pages-from-icwa-recruitment-retention.pdf-1208x1536.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-warm-ceramic margin-top margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n  <div class=\"preheader\"><span>Additional Resource<\/span><\/div>\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div 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