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Jii-anishinaabe-bimaadiziwag (So They Can Live the Indian Way of Life): A Tribal State Partnership project to Improve ICWA Implementation in Northern Minnesota.

Award Number: 90CT7004
ORGANIZATION: CHILDREN'S BUREAU
OPDIV: ACF
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2016
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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Jii-anishinaabe-bimaadiziwag (So They Can Live the Indian Way of Life): A Tribal State Partnership project to Improve ICWA Implementation in Northern Minnesota. - Minnesota has the highest American Indian child welfare disparities in the country . St. Louis County is one of the three counties with the highest number of American Indian children in out of home placement . Over the past 18 months, the St. Louis County "ICWA Collaborative" has been meeting regularly to guide the development of the new ICWA Court, initiated in April 2015, to better serve American Indian children and families in southern St. Louis County. The ICWA Collaborative comprises representatives from the Sixth Judicial District Court in Duluth, Guardians ad Litem, St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services (SLCPHHS), Leech Lake Tribal Court, the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, White Earth Nation, Boise Forte Band of Chippewa, Red Lake Nation, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies (the Center), and other key stakeholders. The Jii - anishinaabe - bimaadiziwag ("So they can live the Indian way of life") in the Anishinaabe language) Tribal/State Partnership Project builds on the foundational work done by the ICWA Collaborative and aims to create better child welfare outcomes for American Indian children and families in St. Louis County, Minnesota. For the first time in our region, a county, a university, regional tribes, and other key child welfare system stakeholders are working together to strengthen practices that will lead to better implementation of ICWA in Northern Minnesota. Because of the long standing relationships with regional tribes and child welfare system stakeholders, the Center has been chosen by the ICWA Collaborative to be the lead organization in this project. The Center will facilitate the development of a Tribal State Partnership Team (TSPT) that will jointly develop an ICWA Implementation Practice Model. This process will involve intentional relationship building between tribal and state child welfare stakeholders, the development of protocols and practices that meet or exceed Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) requirements, the development of performance indicators and improvement of current data collection systems, and the development of continuous quality improvement processes that include monitoring and feedback loops that promote and create a learning child welfare system. A rigorous process and outcome evaluation will be implemented in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). This will ensure project implementation fidelity and provide a solid framework for continuous quality improvement throughout the project and a practice model that incorporates protocols and practices that have been found to be effective. The outcome evaluation will document the impact of ICWA Practice Model implementation.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$59,798 )
2024	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	06	5	9/12/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$59,798
2024	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	06	5	9/12/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	06	5	9/12/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = -$59,798

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $62,634 )
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	05	5	9/29/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$64,000
2022	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	01	4	8/8/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2018	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	02	3	6/19/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2017	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	02	3	6/19/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2017	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 Oak St SE	Minneapolis	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	03	2	9/27/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$1,366
														Subtotal = $62,634

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	01	5	11/19/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	04	5	9/29/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 Oak St SE # 224	Minneapolis	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	02	5	5/18/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	03	5	7/8/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2018	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 Oak St SE # 224	Minneapolis	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	02	5	5/18/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $450,528 )
2020	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	00	5	6/26/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$450,528
														Subtotal = $450,528

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $457,736 )
2019	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	00	4	6/21/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$457,736
2019	2018	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	01	3	8/13/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2019	2017	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	01	3	8/13/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2019	2016	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	02	2	4/8/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $457,736

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $451,797 )
2018	2018	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	00	3	6/26/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$451,797
2018	2016	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	01	2	4/17/2018	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $451,797

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $456,611 )
2017	2017	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	Minneapolis	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	00	2	8/23/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$456,611
														Subtotal = $456,611

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $463,832 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration	00	1	9/28/2016	NEW	$463,832
														Subtotal = $463,832

Grand Total All Awards = $2,283,340

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Jii-anishinaabe-bimaadiziwag (So They Can Live the Indian Way of Life): A Tribal State Partnership project to Improve ICWA Implementation in Northern Minnesota.

Award Number: 90CT7004

ORGANIZATION: CHILDREN'S BUREAU

OPDIV: ACF

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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