Alaska Child Welfare Disproportionality Reduction Project: The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, in partnership with 15 tribes and tribal organizations, the Alaska Office of Children’s Services, and Alaska Court Improvement Project, will implement a four-year project to strengthen cultural competence and interagency collaboration. The project will implement a family-centered, state-tribal alternative response system which promotes tribal participation in decision making and service delivery, enhances tribal resource family development, and prevents out-of-home placements whenever possible.
Leadership Summit Builds Capacity to Address Disproportionality
Nestled in the beauty of Kenai Peninsula, Native leaders came together in September 2011 for a three day retreat to focus on building leadership skills and renewed commitment to decrease the number of Native children taken into out of home care in Alaska. WPIC convened the Summit to bring together Native youth leaders, Office of Children’s Services management staff, representatives of the Alaska Court Improvement Project, Alaska policy makers, and with generous support from Casey Family Programs, many key Alaska Native leaders from some of the most remote regions of the State
Hawaii human services department shared expertise in addressing disproportionality with Alaskan Tribes
August 3, 2010
This mini-conference was coordinated by WPIC, in partnership with 16 tribal organizations, to provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer networking to enhance tribal capacity to provide in-home services and increase access to community resources to prevent out of home placement whenever possible. The Hawaii Department of Human Services shared their experiences in significantly reducing disproportionate representation of Hawaiian Native children in the state’s child welfare system. A press release describing the event is available at: http://boss.hawaiireporter.com/hawaii-human-services-department-shares-foster-care-expertise-with-alaskan-tribes/
Alaska Child Welfare Disproportionality Reduction Project Conference Videos, August 3, 2010 Juneau, Alaska
Below are selected video-taped presentations from the conference:
 Agenda for Alaska Child Welfare Disproportionality Reduction Project ConferenceAugust 3-6, 2010 | Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska |
 Overview of DisproportionalityAugust 3, 2010 | Francine Eddy Jones, Director of Tribal Family and Youth Services | Running Time: 00:24:38 |
 Opening Prayer and WelcomeAugust 3, 2010 | Dolores Cadiente & Edward K. Thomas, President, Tlingit and Haida | Running Time: 00:12:23 |
 Iowa ProjectAugust 3, 2010 | Lisa D’Aunno, Project Director, National Resource Center for In-Home Services | Running Time: 00:17:39 |
 Alaska Child Welfare Disproportionality Project and Role of the Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation ProjectAugust 3, 2010 | Terry Cross, Principal Investigator, Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation Center, Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association | Running Time: 00:22:07 |
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| Videos of Hawaii’s Experiences in Implementing Child Welfare Reform |
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 Overview of the Hawaii Differential Response SystemAugust 3, 2010 | John Walters, Program Development Administrator, Department of Human Services, State of Hawaii; Theresa Costello, Director, National Resource Center for Child Protection Services, ACTION for Child Protection | Running Time: 01:06:42 |
 EPIC ‘Ohana Family Conferencing and Voluntary Case ManagementAugust 3, 2010 | Arlynna Howell Livingston, President & CEO, EPIC ‘Ohana, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii | Running Time: 00:24:31 |
 Family Strengthening Services & Community EngagementAugust 3, 2010 | Wally Lau, Executive Director, Neighborhood Place of Kona | 00:40:04 |
 Partners in Development of Contracts: Kokua ‘Ohana & Native Hawaiian Foster ParentsAugust 3, 2010 | Jan Hanohano Dill, President & Chairman of the Board, Partners in Development | Running Time: 00:35:42 |