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- CI Template 11-002
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- Core Values of MI DHS Child Welfare
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- Helping Your Foster Child Transition to Your Adopted Child
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- Leaving Your Child Home Alone
- Supporting LGBTQ Youth: A Guide for Foster Parents
- Rural Child Welfare Practice
- "Special Needs" Adoption: What Does It Mean?
- Helping Youth Transition to Adulthood: Guidance for Foster Parents
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Indian child Welfare Act (ICWA)
- Indian Child Welfare Act - Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act Reference Comparison Chart
- Michigan Supreme Court Morris decision regarding ICWA Notification Active Efforts Exercise
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- Introduction to ICWA
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- ICWA Placement Preference Presentation
- ICWA Agreement Between the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and The Michigan DHS
- PowerPoint: Child Welfare Agreement; Working with the State for the best outcomes for Indian Children and Families
- State of Michigan Indian Child Welfare Act Field Guide
- Tribal-State Relations
Other Resources
- Changing Times - CSFR, Families, Caseworkers and Courts - What Now by James Payne
- Coaching in Child Welfare
- Engaging Absent Parents by Justice Maura D. Corrigan
- Foster Family Engagement Through Humility by Robert M. Ortega, PhD
- Trauma-Informed Practice by Jim Henry, PhD
- Accurate Documentation of Caseworker Visits in SWSS FAJ
- Accurate Documentation of Caseworker Visits in SWSS CPS
- LGBTQ Resources
- LGBTQ References
- LGBTQ Youth Disclosure to Parents and Friends
- ICPC Regulations No. 2
- ICPC Regulations No. 3
- ICPC Regulations No. 7
- ICPC Statement of Case Manager/Potential Placement/Party Under Regulation No. 2
- ICPC Statement of Case Manager/Potential Placement/Party Under Regulation No. 7
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network Fact Sheet for Secondary Traumatic Stress for Child-Serving Professionals