ICW Services

The Gizhawaaso Family Program works with families to access services that will help protect them from out of home placement of their children.

IV-E Program works with child welfare to obtain medical assistance for children in foster care and to obtain reimbursements on foster care and childcare.

Customary Adoption works with relatives of children and makes additional relatives for children who cannot return home to the custody of their parents in the foreseeable future.

Independent Living Skills Program works with youth ages 16-21 to assist with life skills.

Provides care on a Tribal level to our children when their parent or caretaker is unable to do so. Foster parents are to be committed to the sacredness of our children: respecting, honoring, and nurturing them when they are faced with the trauma of being separated from their parents. The Tribe and foster parents are responsible for ensuring that children receive the highest care possible.

Extended Foster Care Program works with youth 18-21 aging out of foster care to have safe housing.

Educational Neglect Intervention Program, works with school aged children and families to address excessive absenteeism with supports, interventions.

Intake and Assessments, handles all child maltreatment calls on the Reservation to screen and determine whether an assessment is warranted, type of assessment, and immediate response.

Child Protection Program, handles all child protection matters on the Reservation under exclusive jurisdiction authority. Provides secondary case management and ICWA Compliance off the Reservation in Duluth and Minneapolis. Provides ICWA compliance and support to families and jurisdictional territories out of State.

Family Resource Program, accepts referrals from Gizhawaaso and Child Protection to assist families with basic parenting and referrals to services and supports needed by the family.

Parenting Visitation Center, provides supervised visitation to parents and their children in foster care.