The curriculum offers participants the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of responsible fatherhood and motherhood as reflected in Native American values and beliefs. There is an immediate need to bring parents back to strengthening families— they are the greatest untapped resource. Fathers and mothers are the solution to the problems that face communities and must take the leading role in keeping their families together!

​NICWC, Inc. is offering virtual Motherhood is Sacred Classes and has an active partnership with the Society of Care and Morning Star Counseling for the Fatherhood is Sacred Program.

MIS and FIS is a curriculum developed by the Native American Fatherhood and Families Foundation (NAFFA).

Qualified expert witness testimony is testimony
required upon removal of an Indian child from their
home and is given as to whether or not active efforts
were made to prevent placement. A qualified expert
witness is required to provide that testimony as to
whether or not active efforts were made towards the
reunification of the child to their parent(s) or custodian.