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title: "A Village Apart: Lummi Nation Creates a Unique Community to Support Families"
description: "**Summary:**This article is about the Lummi tribal community's approach to Native American children in foster care. This innovative approach provides housing in a supportive community so children can safely stay or return home with their families.  The housing community is…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/adoption-competence/a-village-apart-lummi-nation-creates-a-unique-community-to-support-families/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Adoption Competent Mental Health
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Tribes
---

# A Village Apart: Lummi Nation Creates a Unique Community to Support Families

**Summary:**This article is about the Lummi tribal community's approach to Native American children in foster care. This innovative approach provides housing in a supportive community so children can safely stay or return home with their families.  The housing community is on the reservation and income-based.

 

**Application:**Systems can utilize this article to learn about a community approach to caring for children. This article promotes a culturally based initiative that has successfully developed a supportive housing community that provides reunification support to Lummi tribal children in foster care.  

 

**Source: **Elizabeth Amon, The Imprint

 

[Read More](https://imprintnews.org/family/a-village-apart/57033)

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