Our Services

What We Offer

We offer customized trainings and presentations, provide cultural consultation, and convene the right people. We’re experts at trauma-informed, culturally integrated approaches. Contact us for a conversation about how we can help you make a difference in the lives of Indian children residing in Nebraska. For more information, please email us at [email protected].

Developing and Training Foster Parents/Relative Caregivers Training

We are able to “train the trainers” for the foster parent and relative caregiver programs. We are not able to provide direct classes to families at this time, but if you are interested please contact us.

TIPS-MAPP Native American Training

Prospective Foster/Adoptive Native American Families — Trauma Informed Partnering for Safety and Permanence Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (TIPS-MAPP) Native American edition prepares individuals and families to make an informed decision about becoming foster and/or adoptive Native American families.

Caring for Our Own Training

Caring For Our Own Program is a nine-week, 27-hour support group designed to provide kinship caregivers with assistance and ideas to help them work in partnership with the helping network, the children and the birth parents of the children. The program was updated in 2011 to include information on trauma and current federal guidelines for kinship/realitive care.

Cultural Compassion Training

Also known as Cultural Responsiveness/Cultural Awareness/Cultural Humility) and working with American Indian/Alaska Native families–

Medicine Wheel Model Training
Working with Native American clients
Diversity within the American Indian Population

ICWA 101 Training

ICWA Basics for caseworkers, attorneys, judges, other court personnel, and service providers.

Advanced ICWA Training

Advanced ICWA for caseworkers, attorneys, judges, other court personnel, and service providers. We can discuss ICWA topics more in-depth and according to the BIA Guidelines, as well as the Nebraska ICWA and comparing to the Federal ICWA.

Historical Trauma and ICWA Training

What is historical trauma and how has it affected ICWA and how it continues to affect American Indian/Alaska Native families. What can we do about historical trauma?

“Why ICWA?” Training

Why was and is ICWA necessary to keep Native Families together? Why is cultural identity important?

Qualified Expert Witness (QEW) Training

Training tribal members to provide Qualified Expert Witness (QEW) testimony in ICWA court cases.

Trauma Informed Care Training

What is Trauma Informed Care and what does it look like in Indian Country.

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault in Indian Country Training

We are able to give a Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault training that includes how DV/SA is different in Indian Country, including an oversight on jurisdictional issues, how DV affects children, the intersection of DV and Child Welfare.