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Houlton Band Indian Child Welfare Services

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Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
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2007

Houlton Band Indian Child Welfare Services

Houlton Band Indian Child Welfare Services
HOULTON BAND INDIAN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES

Seeking to establish collaborative working relationships with the state while firmly asserting sovereignty over Maliseet children, a Child Welfare Department was formed by the Houlton Band. The department created a Child Protective Team made up of professionals and volunteers to review and seek options for children needing services. Drastically reducing the number of children in out-of-home-care situations through culturally and family appropriate solutions, the Houlton Band is preventing child removals, supporting families, and fostering government-to-government relations. Most importantly, the Band is reclaiming its future, by caring for Maliseet children.

adoption, child welfare, cultural match, foster care, intergovernmental cooperation, Native youth
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Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Resource Type: 
Honoring Nations Reports
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Cultural Affairs, Health and Social Services
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NNI "Rebuilding Native Nations" Short Course: Intergovernmental Relations

"Indian Child Welfare Services." Honoring Nations: 2006 Honoree. Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2007. Report. 

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