United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-04-04 monographic deposited born digital 90 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-290 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290 P0b002ee180387503 f:d05290 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290 GAO-05-290 Child adoption Children Data collection Decision making Federal law Federal/state relations Foster children Indian affairs legislation Native American rights Native Americans Performance measures Program evaluation Public assistance programs Reporting requirements Surveys Child welfare Program implementation Other Written Product A20677 In the 1960s and 1970s, American Indian children were about six times more likely to be placed in foster care than other children and many were placed in non-American Indian homes or institutions. In 1978, the Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to protect American Indian families and to give tribes a role in making child welfare decisions for children subject to ICWA. ICWA requires that (1) tribes be notified and given an opportunity to intervene when the state places a child subject to ICWA in foster care or seeks to terminate parental rights on behalf of such a child and (2) children be placed if possible with relatives or tribal families. This report describes (1) the factors that influence placement decisions for children subject to ICWA; (2) the extent to which, if any, placements for children subject to ICWA have been delayed; and (3) federal oversight of states' implementation of ICWA. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290.pdf GAO-05-290 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-290 Other Written Product GAO-05-290; Indian Child Welfare Act: Existing Information on Implementation Issues Could Be Used to Target Guidance and Assistance to States; Child adoption Children Data collection Decision making Federal law Federal/state relations Foster children Indian affairs legislation Native American rights Native Americans Performance measures Program evaluation Public assistance programs Reporting requirements Surveys Child welfare Program implementation Public Law 95-608 Public Law 103-432 Public Law 105-89