State-Tribal Partnerships to Implement Best Practices in Indian Child Welfare - Award to fund the State-Tribal Partnerships to Implement Best Practices in Indian Child Welfare project through Child Welfare Research, Training, and Demonstration discretionary grant funding. The purpose of these projects is to create and implement intergovernmental partnership models to improve implementation of child welfare best practices that are appropriate for federally recognized AI/AN children to prevent maltreatment, removal from families and communities, and improve safety, permanency, and well-being. Activities include designing and implementing best practices in Indian child welfare, including research and evaluation of improvements in child welfare practice, child welfare codes, legal and judicial processes, case monitoring, case planning, data collection, in- home family preservation services.
