Becky Main, Tribal consultant
The National Center is welcoming tribes to learn more about the technical assistance that can help either enhance or develop practice between your child welfare and mental health agencies so that children, youth, and families can have access to quality competent resources and services. While many tribes may not practice Adoption as a permanency planning outcome, the National Center is open to tribes who offer Guardianship to relatives, kin, or resource families. The National Center provides Universal Services Intensive, on-site Technical Assistance to both child welfare and mental health agencies.
What is Intensive Technical Assistance?
The National Center is available to assist with on-site capacity building and creating systems change for child welfare and mental health departments/agencies so that services are focused on meeting the needs of children, youth, and families.
What are Universal Services?
The National Center provides Universal Services where states, tribes, and territories (STT) can access resources and tools related to both child welfare and mental health. Use of these resources and tools are accessible on the National Center Knowledge Hub for anyone to download and review.
What are other ways to use the Knowledge Hub resources and tools? Tribes can utilize these resources to develop or enhance practice through collaborative discussion or strategic planning between agencies and community stakeholders.
Knowledge Hub: Mental Health Competence: The Value of NTI for Tribes
NTI is the National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative. Learn more from Terry Cross, Senior Advisor from the National Indian Child Welfare Association who shares the “Value of the NTI for Tribes” as it relates to core competencies that are in the NTI curriculum. Terry shares key features of the NTI curriculum:
Are you interested in learning more about the National Center? Please contact Mary Wichansky, Center Director for more information.
