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Tribal & Native Communities Impact Report | December 2020

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Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 1

About the Native American Affairs Advisory Council ....................................................................................... 1

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Affairs .................................................................................. 2

Highlights of Tribal and Native American Community Impacts ............................................................................ 3

Increased Tribal Leader and Native American Community Engagement ......................................................... 3

Improved Funding for Tribal and Native American Communities .................................................................... 4

Improved Coordination and Collaboration on Tribal and Native American Priorities ..................................... 6

Taking Collective ACF Action to End the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Native Americans....... 6

Preserving, Revitalizing, and Maintaining Native Languages ...................................................... 3

Strengthening Families and Protecting Children.......................................................................... 4

Streamlined Process to Apply for, Receive, and Manage Section 1115 Grant Funding ............... 4

Supporting Tribes and Native American Communities Through the COVID-19 Pandemic .......... 4

Improved Funding and Flexibility for Early Care and After School Programming ......................... 7

Improved Health of Native American Mothers and Babies .......................................................... 8

Breaking Down Barriers to Childhood System Collaboration and Improvement .......................... 8

Increased Number of Tribes Operating their Own Title IV-E Foster Care Programs .................... 8

Improved Support for Tribal Court Practices and Tribal Child Welfare Program Capacity ........... 8

Strengthening Tribal Head Start Services through Partnerships with Tribal Colleges and Universities ................................................................................................................................. 9

Supporting Recommendations and Grants to End Human Trafficking in Tribal Communities .... 10

Increased Training to Build Leadership and to Train Providers on Anti-Trafficking in Native Communities ............................................................................................................................. 10

Building Resilience to Prevent and Address Child Maltreatment ............................................... 11

ACF Tribal Activities Underway ....................................................................................................................... 11

First-of-its-Kind National Partnership to Redesign Child Welfare into Child- and Family Well-Being Systems .......................................................................................................................... 11

Strengthening Tribal Protection of their Intellectual Property ..................................................... 12

Modernizing the Office of Child Care Information System (OCCIS) ........................................... 12

Enhancing Tribal Grantee Technical Assistance: An ACF Wide Approach ................................ 12

Strengthening Tribal Early Childhood ........................................................................................ 12

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Closing Statement ............................................................................................................................................... 13

APPENDIX 1: Select ACF Office Descriptions ........................................................................................................ 2

APPENDIX 2: ACF FY 2020 Budget and FY 2021 Budget Proposal | Discretionary .............................................. 3

ACF FY 2020 Budget and FY 2021 Budget Proposal | Mandatory ................................................. 4

APPENDIX 3: Native American Affairs Advisory Council Liaisons ......................................................................... 5

APPENDIX 4: State MMNA Legislative Activity .................................................................................................... 7

APPENDIX 5: Congressional MMNA Activity ...................................................................................................... 10

Acronyms Used in This Report ACF: Administration for Children and

Families AI/AN: American Indian and Alaska Native ANA: Administration for Native Americans CARES: Coronavirus AID, Relief, and Economic

Security CB: Children’s Bureau CCDBG: Child Care and Development Block

Grant CCDF: Child Care and Development Fund CDA: Child Development Associate CSBG: Community Services Block Grant DAS: Deputy Assistant Secretary FFPSA: Family First Prevention Services Act FOA: Funding Opportunity Announcement FVPSA: Family Violence Prevention and

Services Act FY: Fiscal Year FYSB: Family and Youth Services Bureau HHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services HTLA: Human Trafficking Leadership

Academy ICNAA: Intradepartmental Council on Native

American Affairs ICWA: Indian Child Welfare Act LIHEAP: Low Income Energy Assistance

Program MIECHV: Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood,

Home Visiting NAAAC: Native American Affairs Advisory

Council

NAAAC-L: NAAAC Liaisons OCC: Office of Child Care OCCIS: OCC Information System OCS: Office of Community Services OCSE: Office of Child Support Enforcement OFA: Office of Family Assistance OHS: Office of Head Start OHSEPR: Office of Human Services Emergency

Preparedness and Response OLAB: Office of Legislation and Budget OMB: Office of Management and Budget OPRE: Office of Planning Research and

Evaluation ORO: Office of Regional Operations OTIP: Office on Trafficking in Persons QIC: Quality Improvement Center SCIA: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs SEDS-GO: Social and Economic Development

Strategies for Growing Organizations

TAC: Tribal Advisory Committee TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families TCU-HS: Tribal College and University-Head

Start TEC: Tribal Early Childhood TELI: Tribal Early Learning Initiative TVPA: Trafficking Victims Protection Act VAWA: Violence Against Women Act VHT-NC: Victims of Human Trafficking in

Native Communities WWI: World War I WWII: World War II

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Administration for Children and Families 2020 Tribal and Native American Communities Impact Report

Introduction This report was developed by the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) on behalf of the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Native American Affairs Advisory Council (NAAAC/Council). The report demonstrates the priority that issues pertaining to tribal and Native American communities hold for ACF and summarizes the collective and individual actions that program offices are taking to address the issues. In fiscal year (FY) 2020, ACF funding support for tribal and Native communities totaled over $1 billion. The report is not intended to be inclusive of all ACF actions but rather it highlights major program areas and issues where the agency has received tribal leader and Native American community. The terms tribal and Native American are used in this report as there are some areas that only apply to federally recognized tribes. In those cases, actions and support explicitly for tribal nations are specified. Unless otherwise indicated, the report covers the period of October 2019 to December 2020.

About the Native American Affairs Advisory Council The Assistant Secretary for Children and Families created the Council on June 22, 2010 to provide

high-level leadership for tribal and Native American community matters. The Council’s charter was

updated on June 19, 2019 to further improve agency coordination and support ACF central and

regional office efforts. Among other purposes, the Council is charged with the following:

Assist with response to requests from the Secretary's Intradepartmental Council on Native

American Affairs (ICNAA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Secretary, HHS Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, and White House and other federal Departments on ACF programs that serve Native American communities

Develop and implement, and when necessary revise, ACF Tribal Consultation policies

Identify areas for program coordination and interagency partnerships

Ensure the Native American population is included in ACF initiatives

Enhance communication and coordination among ACF program, budget, and policy offices On behalf of ACF, ANA coordinates NAAAC activities and the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for

Native American Affairs/Commissioner of ANA serves as the lead. NAAAC members include the

principals of the Office of Administration, Children’s Bureau (CB), Family and Youth Services

Bureau (FYSB), Office of Child Care (OCC), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Office of

Community Services (OCS), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Office of Head Start (OHS), Office of

Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR), Office of Planning Research

and Evaluation (OPRE), Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), and Office of Regional Operations

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(ORO). The Director of the Office of Legislation and Budget (OLAB) and DAS for Policy also join

Council meetings to ensure appropriate coordination and integration of program, budget, and

policy actions. The Council meets quarterly, or more frequently as necessary. Descriptions of ACF

program offices is provided in Appendix 1.

NAAAC’s work is advanced by the NAAAC Liaisons (NAAAC-L) comprised of staff members who

represent their respective program offices and principals of the Council, OLAB, and the Immediate

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families. NAAAC-L members possess strong

working knowledge and experience related to programs that serve tribal and Native American

communities and the body meets on a monthly basis, or more frequently as necessary. NAAAC-L

also establishes workgroups as required to address priorities established by the Council (see

Appendix 3 for list of NAAAC-L contacts).

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Affairs

The DAS for Native American Affairs established strategic priorities for ANA that relate to, support, and drive the work of the Council. Examples the DAS for Native American Affairs’ priorities and accomplishments include:

Improved HHS Tribal Coordination: Received HHS Secretary approval to re-establish

ICNAA, update its charter, and develop key priorities for cross-departmental partnership.

Increased Engagement of Native American Communities: Ensured true and meaningful

tribal consultation, listening sessions, and communications by responding to tribal leader

requests to host ACF Annual Tribal Consultations in/near tribal communities. Established a

platform for holding ACF tribal consultation virtually in response to the COVID-19

pandemic and achieved one of the highest ACF tribal leader participation rates.

Established Critical Partnerships: Partnered with ACF program offices in areas that benefit

Native American communities. An example is the partnership with OTIP on the first-ever

Native focused Human Trafficking Leadership Academy which supports a cohort of Native

leaders to address the prevention of trafficking of indigenous peoples.

Advanced Economic Development in Native Communities: Advocated for and supported

economic development in Native communities by promoting ANA resources at targeted

national events such as the Reservation Economic Development Summit and American

Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Conference. Elevated the importance of

partnering with tribes and Native communities on social and economic development

initiatives at the National Rural Health Association Conference. Partnered with federal

agencies such as the Department of Labor to promote Indian preference in contracting and

highlight how opportunity zones can be leveraged in Native Communities.

Ensured Support for Healthy Native Communities: Promoted healthy Native communities

through multiple means including elevating food sovereignty as a critical area for ANA

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funding support and leading the national conference for ACF-funded Native American

grantees that addressed a spectrum of topics related to Native well-being.

Strengthened Advocacy and Support for Native Communities: Established priorities for

Native youth, Elders, first responders, and veterans in ANA funding; introduced bonus

points for ANA applications focused on ending the missing and murdered Native Americans

crisis; and established the Social and Economic Development Strategies for Growing

Organizations (SEDS-GO) funding opportunity to address lower-capacity and underserved

communities. Testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and House

Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs on the work of ACF in support of

Native American communities.

Recognized Native Code Talkers of WWI and WWII: Honored Native Code Talkers with the

first-ever Native Language Legacy Award for Individual Achievement.

Highlights of Tribal and Native American Community Impacts

There were significant ACF collaborations and efforts focused on tribal and Native American issues during this reporting period. The DAS for Native American Affairs convened the NAAAC eight times; two additional meetings were held to make decisions regarding development and implementation of the ACF Missing and Murdered Native Americans (MMNA) – A Public Health Framework for Action (Framework on MMNA). The NAAAC Liaisons held 14 meetings during the reporting period and established four teams that guided development, rollout, and initial implementation of the Framework on MMNA. The four teams are the Strategic Actions Team, Communications Team, Data Team, and Partnership Team and they meet weekly, bimonthly, or as their work dictates. The following content is organized by area of impact followed by a brief summary of collective and/or individual ACF program actions that were taken.

Increased Tribal Leader and Native American Community Engagement From October 2019 through December 2020, ACF convened its Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) 16 times. Primary topics for ACF TAC meetings included the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans. In addition, ACF TAC meeting discussions addressed tribal self-governance, strategic planning, partnerships to strengthen the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and ICWA compliance, combatting human trafficking, the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System regulation, technical assistance for tribal and Native American communities, and a range of other topics led by ACF program offices.

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ACF held its FY 2020 Tribal Consultation Session, in accordance with the agency’s Tribal Consultation Policy, on June 10-11, 2020. Since the meeting was conducted virtually and there was no requirement to travel, the consultation session experienced its highest participation in several years. There were 370 participants on June 10 and 244 participants on June 11. Consultation topics

included early childhood initiatives, program policies, MMNA issues, human trafficking, as well as how ACF is supporting tribes during COVID-19. Other ACF engagements included an agency-wide three-day meeting for all ACF tribal and Native American grantees; roundtables with Native American state legislators on MMNA; roundtable with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on COVID-19; tribal early childhood workgroup sessions with tribal representatives; Native American language summit in partnership with the Departments of Education and the Interior; and, several targeted conferences and trainings for tribal and Native American communities. In response to COVID-19, most meetings in calendar year 2020 were held virtually except for the ACF Native American Grantee Meeting which was held in person on February 11-13, 2020. While meetings, listening sessions, and consultations are not generally considered accomplishments that demonstrate impact, holding tribal consultations is a requirement of ACF’s Tribal Consultation policy and enhances the government-to-government relationship with federally recognized tribes. In addition, engaging Native American representatives to obtain their input on programs for—or that include—their communities is a critical component in developing culturally appropriate programs that more effectively meet the needs of their communities.

Improved Funding for Tribal and Native American Communities In FY 2020, ACF administered 60 programs supported by an appropriation of more than $60 billion, making it the second largest HHS agency (see Appendix 2 for a detailed breakdown of ACF’s FY

Image: 2019 HHS Tribal Consultation

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2020 budget and FY 2021 budget proposal). Approximately 28 percent of ACF’s budget supports the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, 19 percent is Head Start, 18 percent is the Child Care and Development Fund, and 18 percent is for foster care and permanency programs. In FY 2020, ACF support for tribal and Native communities totaled more than $1 billion.

In FY 2020, ACF also received an appropriation of $3.5 B through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, P.L. 116-136. Of this amount, tribes received a total of $96.25 M in supplemental funds. The tribal supplements went to 137 tribes and Native communities who received approximately $10.48 M through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), 96 who received approximately $5.6 M in Community Services Block Grant funding, $22.5 M through Head Start, $1.1 M for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program, and $4.5 M through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act program.

Tribes and Native communities received other ACF appropriated funding through the following program offices: ANA, CB, FYSB, OCC, OCSE, OCS, OFA, OHS, and OTIP (Appendix 1 provides brief descriptions of each program office). Moyer reports lists total governmentwide spending for certain Congressionally identified areas of interest. The FY 2021 ACF Moyer Native American Crosscut table provides a breakdown of funds by ACF program office (see below).

ACF CARES ACT Tribal Awards

Program COVID-19 Funding

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

$10,485,842

Community Services Block Grant

$ 5,620,646*

Office of Head Start $ 7,500,000 ** $15,000,000***

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program

$ 1,139,959

Family Violence Prevention & Services Act

$ 4,500,000

* Supplement ** One-time funds *** Summer Program

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FY 2021 ACF Moyer Native American Crosscut

(Program Level in Millions)

FY 2019 Enacted

FY 2020 Enacted

FY 2021 President’s

Budget

+/- FY 20

% +/- FY 20

LIHEAP Block Grant 40.709 42.790 38.2671 -4.523 -11% Child Care and Development Block Grant 301.880 334.990 334.990 0.000 0% Head Start 271.305 308.960 308.960 0.000 0% Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention 0.400 0.400 0.600 0.200 50% Child Welfare Services 7.300 7.300 7.300 0.000 0% Chafee Education and Training Vouchers 0.039 0.039 0.039 0.000 0% Native American Programs 54.200 56.100 57.300 1.200 2% Community Services Block Grant 6.400 6.600 0.000 -6.600 -100% Family Violence Prevention and Services 20.200 22.700 22.700 0.000 0% Tribal Child Support 52.300 52.900 52.900 0.000 0% Foster Care 8.500 9.300 9.900 0.600 6% Tribal IV-E Technical Assistance (Pre-Appropriated) 2.900 3.000 3.000 0.000 0% Chafee Foster Care Program--Successful Transition to Adulthood

0.100 0.100 0.100 0.000 0%

Promoting Safe and Stable Families 11.900 12.500 12.500 0.000 0% Personal Responsibility Education Program 3.300 3.300 3.300 0.000 0% Child Care Entitlement 58.300 58.300 64.200 5.900 10% Tribal TANF Grants 199.900 198.700 207.900 -19.200 -10% Tribal TANF/Child Welfare Coordination Grants 2.000 2.000 2.000 0.000 0% Tribal Work Programs/Native Employment Works 7.300 7.600 7.600 0.000 0% Total, Native Americans 1048.933 1127.579 1133.556 5.977 0.53%

Improved Coordination and Collaboration on Tribal and Native American Priorities

Taking Collective ACF Action to End the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Native Americans ACF has provided intentional leadership in developing and advancing efforts that contribute to ending the crisis of MMNA. An assessment of national actions to address MMNA revealed that primary activities focused on law enforcement and the justice system with insufficient focus on health and human services that play a critical role in preventing the risk factors that may contribute to MMNA. In October 2020, ACF released its Missing and Murdered Native Americans: A Public Health Framework for Action for the Administration for Children and Families and the Communities It Serves (Framework). The process for identifying considerations for the Framework dates back to 2018 when ANA and OTIP participated in an HHS Human Trafficking Symposium on public health progress in responding to trafficking and emerging issues for vulnerable populations, including in Native Americans. The symposium underscored and advanced the content of a previously issued information memorandum on Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander Communities. The memo clarified the indicators for human trafficking (i.e., specific working and living conditions, poor mental health, poor physical health, inability to clarify where an individual has been, exposure to trauma, among other indicators), including for

1 Amount released under the 2021 CR (P.L. 116-159) and represents approximately 90% of the annualized

allocation.

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Native American communities. It also noted that HHS supported community-based responses to “human trafficking since the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, which had been reauthorized several times including under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 2013.” Finally, the memo also noted that “reauthorization of VAWA added sex trafficking to the list of interpersonal violence issues affecting Native American communities, recognizing the importance of investigating the crimes and providing protection to trafficking victims.” The important clarifications in the information memo were followed by numerous ACF-led discussions with tribal leaders, elected Native American state legislators, urban Indian health organization leaders, grassroots representatives working on issues pertaining to missing and murdered Indigenous women, Pacific Islander community representatives, and others. Available data demonstrate that Native American women and men suffer disproportionately from risk factors that contribute to victimization from violence. ACF, through NAAAC and with the advice of its Tribal Advisory Committee, completed and released the Framework as a pathway for collective action. The Framework is built on four pillars (culture, language, traditional practices; economic mobility; prevention; and the social determinants of health), advances action focused on improving protective factors, and commits to raising awareness of the broader American community about MMNA and actions we can all take. The pillars, protective factors, and the objective of raising awareness were used as the basis for developing an initial set of actions for ACF to tackle the risks that increase the vulnerability of Native Americans to violence. Ten of 11 ACF program offices have begun working collaboratively to implement the actions outlined in the Framework. Implementation is advancing through four NAAAC-L teams who will report to and obtain direction from NAAAC members.

The ACF Framework adds to grassroots community, tribal, state, and national leadership actions to end MMNA. Native community members have been sharing information about missing relatives through various means, hosting events and search parties to help find Native citizens and advocating for policymakers to take action to address what was viewed as an invisible problem. Tribes have developed strategies and initiatives; Native American state legislators have worked with constituents to introduce state bills to establish work forces, train law enforcement providers, collect data, and establish awareness efforts (see and Appendix 4 for state MMNA legislative activity; and the federal government has taken action. In 2019, the President issued Executive Order 13898, to address the crisis

of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. A significant number of bills were introduced in Congress to address this crisis (see Appendix 5 for a summary of Congressional MMNA legislative activity) and the following bills were enacted in FY 2020:

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S. 227 — Savanna’s Act which directs the Department of Justice to review, revise, and

develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native

Americans.

S.982 — Not Invisible Act of 2019 which is intended to increase intergovernmental

coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians. ACF has begun implementing its Framework on MMNA that is changing the way that it works with and on behalf of Native people. The agency is also working to build national awareness beginning with the blessing of a National MMNA Memorial Shawl that includes the names of Native Americans from across the country, who have been lost to the crisis.

Preserving, Revitalizing, and Maintaining Native Languages ANA led the planning, in partnership with the Departments of Education and Interior, to co-host the 2020 Native American Language Summit that took place virtually on November 16-18. Registration for the summit exceeded 600 people and the opening session had over 360 in attendance, the greatest number of attendees in its seven-year history. There were 15 live workshops around the theme Building Upon Our Resilience Through Our Languages. The theme signified the importance of supporting Native American communities who seek to maintain and revitalize their Indigenous languages and featured guest speakers from Native language grant recipients across the country including the Pacific Basin and Alaska and drew international participation. New to the Summit in 2020 were Native American Language Legacy Awards. The Individual Achievement Award was awarded to all Native American Code Talkers, and the Association of Tribal Archives and Museums, a former partner in hosting the Native American Languages Summit accepted the award. Navajo Code Talkers Thomas Begay and Peter MacDonald shared their inspirational life experiences through videos recorded specifically for the event and emphasized the importance of Native languages in the Allied victory of World War II. Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) and Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico, Vice Chair of SCIA, participated virtually to accept their Native American Languages Legacy awards for Organizational Leadership. Mr. Emmet Yepa, from Jemez Pueblo, and a Grammy award winning artist, performed an honor song at the event. Full recordings of all the events are available online.

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Strengthening Families and Protecting Children

On October 6, 2020, ACF announced the award of $1.8 million in TANF – Child Welfare Coordination grants to eight tribes and tribal organizations. The grant awards demonstrate models of effective coordination of Tribal TANF and child welfare services provided to tribal families at risk of child abuse or neglect. These projects are tailored to meet the needs of each tribe. Activities will be aimed at the coordination of services to: improve case management for families eligible for assistance from a tribal TANF program, provide supportive services and assistance to tribal children in out-of-home placements and the tribal families caring for such children, including families who adopt such

children and provide prevention services and assistance to tribal families at risk of child abuse and neglect.

Streamlined Process to Apply for, Receive, and Manage Section 1115 Grant Funding

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (herein, the Act), 42 U.S.C. 1315, authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to fund demonstration grants and waivers for the Title IV-D program. The Office of Child Support Enforcement has up to $4 million of section 1115 grant funding available each FY that is awarded by a competitive process through a funding opportunity announcement (FOA). To assist applicants, OCSE has worked to reduce time and effort to apply for, receive, and manage Section 1115 funding. Section 1115 grants will fund pilot or experimental activities or deliver services not otherwise allowable under Title IV-D to promote the objectives of the child support program and improve the outcomes for children. Section 1115 also gives OCSE authority to waive specific program requirements or funding restrictions for child support agencies as part of a section 1115 grant. These grants are considered state or tribal recipient’s share of Title IV-D funding under OCSE’s section 1115 waiver authority. OCSE has awarded $2 million in federal funds to four tribal communities to support Section 1115 grant projects since FY 2018.

Supporting Tribes and Native American

Communities Through the COVID-19

Pandemic

ACF has worked to improve coordination and support for tribes and Native American communities in response to COVID-19. The agency compiled a singular resource to facilitate access to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information pertinent to

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tribal and Native American communities and all supports available through ACF. The supports included ACF Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and other supplemental funding; flexibilities related to regulatory requirements such as waivers to meet child care needs; extended due dates for submission of new and continuation grant applications, grantee progress and fiscal reports, and performance monitoring site visits; reprograming of grant funds within grant policy requirements; alternative delivery of grant program activities to facilitate social distancing; flexibility of grant program staff to work from their residence or alternate location; among other actions appropriate for the funded activities. Examples of supports through grant awards, waivers, and grant flexibilities include:

Grant Awards

CB provided additional funding through the CARES Act and Family First Transition Act. The awards included $45 million in supplemental funding for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (title IV-B, subpart 1 of the Social Security Act) that was appropriated in the CARES Act. Funds could be used to prevent child abuse and neglect, protect children, support the child welfare workforce, and ensure the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in families involved in the child welfare system during the pandemic. A total of $1,139,959 was awarded to 178 tribal grantees. ACF awarded $500 million for Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Transition Grants authorized by the Family First Transition Act. Funds could be used to assist in implementing provisions of the FFPSA or for any child welfare purpose authorized under title IV-B of the Social Security Act. While not directly related to COVID-19, the additional one-time funding provided important additional resources for child welfare agencies during the pandemic. A total of $15 million was awarded to 178 grantees. The CARES Act provided $1 billion in additional funds to the Community Services Block Grants (CSBG) program. The funds to states, territories, and tribes authorized under the CSBG Act are intended to address the consequences of increasing unemployment and economic disruption as a result of COVID-19. OCS awarded $5,907,058 in CARES Act supplemental funding to 63 CSBG tribal grantees on May 8, 2020. These 63 Tribal CSBG grantees serve at least 145 tribes/villages/communities across 24 States. In addition to CARES Act supplemental funding, each of the CSBG tribal grantees received their regular FY2020 CSBG funding, totaling $6,464,774 nationwide. OCS also awarded 100% of the LIHEAP funding available to grantees under the CARES Act. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, five U.S territories, and almost all Native American tribes and tribal organizations that are current LIHEAP grantees received a supplemental award to help "prevent, prepare for, or respond to" home energy needs surrounding the national emergency created by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Grantees may use these funds for any purpose normally authorized under the federal LIHEAP statute (42 USC 8621 et seq.), including heating, cooling, crisis, weatherization assistance, case management for the reduction of home energy burden, and administrative costs. A few tribal grantees, whose agreements with their respective state LIHEAP office include a pre- negotiated fixed award amount, did not receive a supplemental award because the amount they received through their negotiated award was greater than the minimum annual amount to

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which they are entitled under the federal LIHEAP statute. These tribal grantees were advised to contact their respective state LIHEAP offices to negotiate a revised tribe-state LIHEAP agreement for FY 2020, if needed for the tribe to address additional home energy assistance needs created by COVID-19 in the tribal service area. As a result, five tribes in Oregon received a LIHEAP CARES Act award after ACF released funding on May 8, 2020. The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) provided an additional $4.5 million in CARES Act funding to tribes and tribal organizations, as well as supplemental funding to StrongHearts Native Helpline via the National Domestic Violence Hotline. FVPSA tribal grantees utilized CARES Act funding in a number of ways to address the COVID-19 pandemic such as purchasing hand sanitizing stations for safe homes; securing PPE for victims and staff, in some instances making emergency backpacks that include hygiene items, personal protective equipment, clothing and food; obtaining disposable plastic car seat cover protectors; providing food assistance; offering transportation and hotel stays when shelter stays are not safe or feasible; purchasing software and devices for use in telework and providing mobile and telehealth advocacy; and updating social platforms and websites to maintain outreach and victim advocacy services, among many other supports to enhance the safety and wellbeing of domestic violence survivors and their children. StrongHearts Native Helpline utilized CARES Act funding to ensure continuity of helpline services with technology and equipment enhancements, expanding remote advocacy by text enabling the helpline number, enhancing website performance and streamlining the user experience, and developing an outreach campaign for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) victims on the availability of services during the pandemic.

Waiver Approvals

In FY 2020, OCC approved 85 tribal emergency waivers of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. OCC continues to review and approve waiver requests for the emergency circumstance on a rolling basis in FY 2021. Approved CCDF waivers cover the declared emergency period, not to exceed September 30, 2021. These waivers have allowed Tribes the flexibility to waive required copayments for all families to reduce the economic hardship on families, adjust health and safety requirements for child care programs to accommodate CDC guidelines around social distancing and reduced group sizes. In FY 2020, OCSE approved 30 tribal emergency waivers of the non-federal share of tribal child support program expenditures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. An anticipated tribal waiver and one tribal emergency waiver have already been approved in FY 2021. OCSE expects additional emergency waiver requests in FY 2021. Tribal child support grants are awarded annually; thus, a tribe must apply for a waiver each grant year. Approved non-federal share waivers expire on the last day of the funding period for which it was approved. Approval of non-federal share waivers allows tribes to continue operating their tribal child support programs with federal grant dollars.

Grant Flexibilities

The Tribal Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood, Home Visiting (MIECHV) program’s flexibilities allowed staff to work from home and provide home visits virtually according to model developer guidelines, using funds to purchase technology to support virtual home visiting program activities, and to reprogram cost savings from event and travel cancellations to other

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program areas. Tribal MIECHV Implementation and Expansion Grants, and Development and Implementation grants (5-year grants) were extended to 6-year grants (adding an additional year of funding, with grants ending in 2022 instead of 2021). An additional year of funding allowed grantees to complete required activities, in particular data, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement activities that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many Native American grantees in rural and remote areas were unable to deliver services in a virtual climate given limited telecommunication capabilities and infrastructure. With classrooms closed, ANA Native language projects developed more curricula videos, and other resources to support language learning taking place in homes, which enabled families to learn their Native language and not just the student. ANA also extended the deadline for new and continuation grant applications for one month and converted in-person grant application trainings to a virtual format.

Improved Funding and Flexibility for Early Care and After School Programming OCC is responsible for administering federal funds for the development of quality early care and afterschool programs for tribes and tribal organizations. In FY 2020, federal investment in quality early care and afterschool program exceeded $500 million from the CCDF and Tribal MIECHV for early childhood development throughout Indian Country. CCDF has been a principal funding source for tribes since 1990 and Tribal MIECHV since 2010 reaching over 530 Tribes directly or through Tribal consortia.

The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) of 2014 made extensive changes to protect the health and safety of children in child care, promote access to the CCDF subsidy for low-income working families, better inform parents and the general public about the child care choices available to them, and invest in the overall quality of early learning and afterschool programs. Tribes have received substantial flexibilities in carrying out their child care programs. They have developed culturally-relevant plans for carrying out the childcare care programs available to eligible Native American families. To support their efforts CCDF regulations allow substantial flexibility in meeting tribal program requirements. Tribes have also been offered flexibility to use their CCDF funds for construction or major renovation of child care facilities. Over the past three years, OCC received

requests from 65 tribes for construction or major renovation of child care facilities. Reauthorization of the program provides additional flexibilities, including differential CCDF requirements depending on the tribe’s CCDF allocations size. In FY 2016, over one-half of the CCDF tribal grantees are have small allocations and they are expected to spend their funds in alignment with CCDF goals and purposes. The 2014 reauthorization of CCDBG focused on the importance of

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ensuring the health and safety of children in child care and promoting quality to support child development.

Improved Health of Native American Mothers and Babies

Tribal MIECHV supports the provision of critical supports to parents of young children—prenatal to kindergarten entry in tribal communities. The supports include culturally-relevant education on parenting and child development, helping connect parents to needed resources, and assisting them with setting and meeting goals. Evidence from research indicates that home visiting leads to healthier mothers and babies, less child abuse and neglect, greater family economic self-sufficiency, and children who are more ready for school. In addition to providing important supports for families who need and want them, the Tribal MIECHV program has led to benefits for tribal communities. These include a better understanding of community needs and strengths, increased capacity for implementing and adapting evidence-based practices, data collection and management, research and evaluation, and strong foundations for early childhood care systems. In FY 2019, Tribal MIECHV grantees served 3,428 parents and children. Since the start of the Tribal MIECHV program, grantees have provided over 106,000 home visits.

Breaking Down Barriers to Childhood System Collaboration and Improvement The Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI), implemented by ACF through 2017, was created to help tribes coordinate and support seamless, high quality tribal early childhood systems and break down barriers to collaboration and systems improvement. TELI supported collaboration across Head Start, CCDF, and Tribal MIECHV programs in eight tribal communities. TELI included small incentive grants to tribes, intensive technical assistance, and coordinated support from federal early childhood program staff. As a result of TELI, tribes developed coordinated intake systems, agreed on common assessment tools across programs, implemented joint professional development activities, created community resource directories, and invested in shared data systems.

Increased Number of Tribes Operating their Own Title IV-E Foster Care Programs

Each year, CB provides funding for child welfare services to approximately 175 – 180 tribal grantees under one or more grant programs authorized by titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act. These grant funds help tribes provide services to strengthen families, prevent child maltreatment, address the needs of families in crisis, support children and youth in foster care, and train and support their child welfare workforce. CB has given approval to additional tribes to operate directly their own foster care, adoption and guardianship assistance programs under the authority of title IV-E of the Social Security Act. Currently, 11 tribes have moved forward with implementing the program. CB also continues to provide grants and technical assistance to additional tribes seeking to operate the title IV-E Programs.

Improved Support for Tribal Court Practices and Tribal Child Welfare Program Capacity

The grants and capacity building services provided by CB support tribal sovereignty and provide

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resources to serve children, youth and families in a culturally-responsive manner. The Tribal Court Improvement Program has increasingly demonstrated the potential to contribute to a body of work around the culturally-responsive approaches needed to understand tribal child welfare courts. Many grantees have taken an in-depth look at how well their laws and practices reflect their tribal values. CB is currently assisting seven tribes to assess strengths and needs of tribal child welfare court practice and implement strategies to strengthen practice in each grantee’s community. CB funds the Child Welfare Capacity Building Center for Tribes which delivers culturally-responsive and trauma-informed capacity building services to tribal child welfare programs receiving federal funding under Titles IV-B and IV-E. The Center’s collaborative and relational approach supports programs’ efforts as they work to create healthy futures for Native children, strengthen families, enhance well-being in tribal communities, and preserve tribal cultures. Similarly, the Child Welfare Capacity Building Center for Courts provides culturally-responsive capacity building services to Tribal Court Improvement Grantees. The Center for Tribes utilizes universal, targeted, and tailored capacity building approaches to support tribal child welfare programs’ efforts to effectively serve tribal children and families. These services not only assist programs to address persistent challenges, including foundational program capacity and culturally appropriate permanency, but to create innovations to meet new and emerging needs. Center services include:

Online resources (www.tribalinformationexchange.org) and webinars

Peer groups and one-on-one peer connections

Training academies for tribal child welfare leaders and staff

Projects to enhance tribal/state relationships

Individualized consultations for focused technical assistance

Longer-term projects designed to support deeper organizational change

Strengthening Tribal Head Start Services through Partnerships with Tribal Colleges and Universities

Head Start programs promote school readiness of children ages birth to 5 from low-income families by supporting the development of the whole child. They also support children's growth and development in a positive learning environment through a variety of services, which include early learning, health, and family well-being. In FY 2019, Head Start provided funding to 154 American Indian tribal governments or consortia grantees that served over 23,000 children and their families. American Indian and Alaska Native programs experience challenges employing staff who have both early childhood education credentials as well as representative cultural and language knowledge. Currently, 23 percent of teachers in AI/AN preschool classrooms need to obtain degrees and 33 percent of Early Head Start teachers in AI/AN programs need to acquire at least a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. An even larger number of preschool teacher assistants need to enroll in a program to earn the minimum credential requirement. To support these efforts ACF awarded $4 million to six Tribal College and University Head Start (TCU-HS) Partnership Programs in September of 2020. The awardees include Navajo Technical College, Salish Kootenai College, Stone Child College Corporation, Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College, White Earth Tribal and Community College, Cankdeska Cikana Community College. They will use the funding to increase the number of qualified education staff working in AI/AN Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

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Geographic barriers, lack of child care, and lack of internet access are among the challenges faced by AI/AN Head Start staff needing to meet credential requirements. The awards will assist Head Start staff in acquiring the competencies that ensure children's academic development while also supporting cultural identity. The plans proposed by the successful institutions include strong, personal support for enrollees; flexibility in course delivery and design (e.g., on-site, distance learning, innovative approach); ability to provide preliminary or remedial instruction; assistance with tuition, books, and other costs; articulation agreements that permit transfer of credit to and from multiple colleges or universities; and credit for professional experience.

Supporting Recommendations and Grants to End Human Trafficking in Tribal Communities

The National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States (the Committee) released their interim report of recommendations, Best Practices and Recommendations for States, to combat the sex trafficking of children and youth in the United States. The Committee includes representation from service providers and professionals working in Native American communities. There has been engagement of tribal and Native American community organizations that is important to implementing the recommendations. The report includes 127 recommendations with related resources and examples for addressing sex trafficking experienced by children and youth. The Committee recognized that while no child is immune to the crime of sex trafficking certain populations, including Native American children, are disproportionately victimized by human trafficking. The recommendations also note that a comprehensive response will require cooperation and coordination across federal, state, tribal and local government and non-government organizations. There are recommendations related to and inclusive of tribal juvenile and criminal justice and child welfare systems. There also are references to the Indian Child Welfare Act, importance of having a community needs assessment, and data sharing agreements that are inclusive of tribes. In FY 2020, OTIP awarded $1.3 million to six local service providers under the Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC). The VHT-NC Program funds organizations to build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services to Native American (i.e., American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and/or Pacific Islanders) victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, through the provision of direct services, assistance, and referrals. The demonstration projects will take place in Alaska, Hawaii, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Increased Training to Build Leadership and to Train Providers on Anti-Trafficking in Native

Communities

Class 5 of the Human Trafficking Leadership Academy (HTLA) was the first national class and all Indigenous class that went through this leadership development program. The class brought together Indigenous allied professionals and individuals with lived experience to participate as fellows in leadership development seminars while leveraging their expertise to address a specific project question. This class focused on how culture could serve as a protective factor in preventing trafficking among all Indigenous youth. The fellows graduated in September 2020 and their recommendations addressed Indigenous anti-trafficking strengths and protective factors at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels.

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A culturally-specific training module, titled SOAR for Native Communities, on human trafficking in Native communities through a public health lens was developed by the OTIP in partnership with ANA, external partners, and input from the ACF Tribal Advisory Committee. The SOAR Online training modules, under the SOAR to Health and Wellness Program, are freely accessible and include modules that are specific for health and human service professionals working in Native communities. To date, approximately 600 individuals have completed the SOAR for Native Communities training module.

Building Resilience to Prevent and Address Child Maltreatment CB is supporting the development of culturally-relevant practices to prevent and address child maltreatment among Native children and Families. In August 2017, the Children’s Bureau awarded JBS International, Inc. a 5-year cooperative agreement to establish a Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on the prevention and intervention of child abuse and neglect in AI/AN communities. The QIC, now called the Center for Native Child and Family Resilience, is partnering with five tribal communities to support the building of promising practices designed to impact child maltreatment. In addition, this project has begun development of a curriculum to train child welfare professionals in Indian Country on trauma recovery, specifically on building resilience in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

ACF Tribal Activities Underway

First-of-its-Kind National Partnership to Redesign Child Welfare into Child- and Family Well-Being Systems

CB has joined with Casey Family Programs, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Prevent Child Abuse America in leading a new national initiative called Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-Being. The effort seeks to partner with states and tribes to help create the conditions for strong and thriving families and communities where children are free from harm. There will be three rounds/levels of involvement. The first round began in September and is the most intensive and local of the efforts focused on community level support. Communities from Nebraska, Colorado, South Carolina and Los Angeles County, California are participating in round one. Colorado and Nebraska have been diligent in outreach to neighboring tribes. The process to select round two for the initiative began on December 3, 2020, with an informational webinar for candidate jurisdictions. Round two will focus on systems-level changes. The partnership will select a combination of 10 - 12 states and tribes to participate in round two. The following nine tribes were invited to attend the webinar and submit letters of interest:

Arizona: Navajo Nation, Salt River Pima, Gila River and Pascua Yaqui;

Minnesota: White Earth, Leech Lake, Red Lake Nation, and Mille Lacs Band; and the

Washington State: Port Gamble S'Klallam

Round three of the Thriving Families initiative will be open to all states and tribes that wish to participate. Round three will be designed to operate as a national learning community and is anticipated to begin in early 2021. A general description of the effort is available in the press release.

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Strengthening Tribal Protection of their Intellectual Property

ANA received reports regarding actions that may violate the rights of Native language revitalization grantees to their intellectual property. Intellectual property refers to languages; history; music, dance, or other art form; ceremonies; and other knowledge and cultural practice that originates from a Native American community. ANA grantees are at risk through proposed grant partnerships, grant subawards, contracts, and other relationships that provide access to intellectual property or products developed using intellectual property. In response, ANA consulted with HHS attorneys and sought advice from the ACF Tribal Advisory Committee and other tribal leaders during consultation sessions on potential actions that should be considered. ANA is currently assessing intellectual property rights language for inclusion in all funding opportunity announcements to provide awareness about the protection of intellectual property that may be developed under a grant award.

Modernizing the Office of Child Care Information System (OCCIS)

The Office of Child Care began a modernization effort to improve CCDF data collection efforts. In this endeavor, OCC plans to improve data submission processes, automate business functions being performed manually, improve updates to data collection forms when changes are approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and improve overall data reporting capabilities. In meeting these objectives, OCC plans to develop an online module that will allow tribes to submit their triennial Tribal CCDF Plans online. With the impact of COVID-19, OCC, and our technical assistance contractors are exploring options to provide innovative and additional technical assistance remotely. One of the challenges within Indian County is access to adequate internet service, which requires an examination of all options for providing support.

Enhancing Tribal Grantee Technical Assistance: An ACF Wide Approach

As part of a broader transformation effort, the Office of Grants Management (OGM) sought input from program offices to develop a strategy to improve technical assistance (TA) support for Native American grantees across ACF. The Office of Grants Management is using a facilitated, collective process that includes representatives from multiple ACF program offices. The vision to proactively help grantees be successful with their project not just improve compliance with regulations. Ultimately, the intent is to build relationships that encourage communication through outreach and deliver coordinated and more supportive TA that meets the needs of Native American grantees.

Strengthening Tribal Early Childhood The Joint Explanatory Statement to the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. 116-94, encouraged ACF to “convene a working group of federal early childhood program administrators, tribal early childhood stakeholders, and tribal leaders to examine coordination issues that may be impacting early childhood initiatives in tribal communities.” In response, ANA, the ACF Office of Early Childhood Development, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco convened a Tribal Early Childhood Working Group (TEC) to identify obstacles and share promising strategies for improving coordination and collaboration across tribal early childhood programs. Three TEC meetings were

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held from which evolved the themes: respect tribal sovereignty and self-determination; support program alignment and coordination; leverage funding and policy; prioritize training and technical assistance coordination flexibilities; facilitate collaboration across tribes; and, identify resources for capacity building. These themes and meeting discussions are being used to develop a blueprint for action.

Closing Statement

Improving the health and well-being of Native American children, families, and communities is an ACF priority. A critical step in ensuring progress on this priority was to establish a structure for agency coordination and action. The NAAAC, NAAAC-L, and NAAAC-L working teams have been a functional means for coordinating the agency’s response and for supporting the challenges facing tribal and Native communities. ACF will strive to continually improve communications with, and engagement of, tribal leaders, Native American community leaders, and representatives from Native communities. Several mechanisms, including future NAAAC reports, will be used to respond to the input received and convey accomplishments.

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APPENDIX 1: Select ACF Office Descriptions

Administration for Native Americans (ANA)

ANA supports Native American communities by providing financial assistance and capacity building, gathering and sharing data, and advocating for improved policies across the federal government.

Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)

ACYF provides financial assistance to states, tribes, community-based organizations, and academic institutions to provide services, carry out research/demonstrations, manage training, TA and information dissemination.

Children's Bureau (CB)

CB focuses on improving the lives of children and families through programs that reduce child abuse and neglect, increase the number of adoptions, and strengthen foster care.

Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) FYSB supports the organizations and communities that work every day to put an end to youth homelessness, adolescent pregnancy, and domestic violence.

Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD)

ECD promotes a joint federal approach to improve early childhood education and development.

Office of Child Care (OCC) OCC supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs.

Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) OCSE partners with federal, state, tribal and local governments and others to promote parental responsibility so that children receive support from both parents even when they live in separate households.

Office of Community Services (OCS) OCS partners with states, communities and agencies to eliminate causes of poverty, increase self-sufficiency of individuals and families, and revitalize communities.

Office of Family Assistance (OFA) OFA administers grant programs, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Native Employment Works, Tribal TANF/Child Welfare Coordination, Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood, and Health Profession Opportunity Grants.

Office of Head Start (OHS) OHS manages grants funding and oversees local agencies providing Head Start services to promote school readiness of children under five from low-income families through education, health, social, and other services.

Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR) OHSEPR promotes resilience for individuals, families, and communities impacted by disasters and public health emergencies by providing expertise in human services policy, planning, operations, and partnerships.

Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) OTIP is committed to preventing human trafficking and ensuring that victims of all forms of human trafficking have access to the services they need.

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APPENDIX 2: ACF FY 2020 Budget and FY 2021 Budget Proposal |

Discretionary dollars in millions 2021

+/- 2020

2019/1 2020 2021

Early Childhood Programs

Head Start/2 10,083 10,613 10,613 --

Child Care Block Grant (discretionary)/2 5,288 5,826 5,826 --

Subtotal, Early Childhood Programs 15,371 16,439 16,439 --

Programs for Vulnerable Populations

Runaway and Homeless Youth 127 132 132 --

Child Abuse Programs 158 181 197 +16

Child Welfare Programs/2 330 329 332 +3

Adoption Incentives 75 75 75 --

Chafee Education and Training Vouchers 43 43 43 --

Native Americans 54 56 57 +1

Family Violence Prevention and Services Programs 174 187 187 --

Promoting Safe and Stable Families (discretionary) 100 93 60 -33

Subtotal, Programs for Vulnerable Populations 1,060 1,096 1,083 -13

Refugee Programs

Unaccompanied Alien Children/2 4,466 1,303 1,983 +680

Transitional and Medical Services 354 354 279 -75

Refugee Support Services 207 207 151 -56

Survivors of Torture 14 16 16 --

Victims of Trafficking (Foreign and Domestic) 27 28 28 --

Subtotal, Refugee Programs 5,068 1,908 2,456 +548

Discontinued Programs

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 3,653 3,740 --3.75 -

Community Services Block Grant/2 743 740 -- -740

Preschool Development Grants 248 275 -- -275

Other Community Services Programs 29 30 -- -30

Subtotal, Discontinued Programs 4,672 4,786 -- -4,786

Other ACF Programs

Social Services Research and Demonstration 6 7 6.5 -0.5

Disaster Human Services Case Management 2 2 4 +2

Federal Administration/2 209 206 209 +3

Subtotal, Other Programs 218 215 220 +5

Total Discretionary Budget Authority 26,389 24,444 20,198 -4,245

Total Program Level 26,389 24,444 20,198 -4,245

Full-Time Equivalents 1,284 1,443 1,445 +2

1/ Reflects FY 2019 Enacted, post required and permissive transfers and rescissions.

2/ In FY 2019, includes $3 billion from Emergency Supplementals of which $2.9 billion is for unaccompanied

alien children.

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ACF FY 2020 Budget and FY 2021 Budget Proposal |

Mandatory dollars in millions 2021 +/-

2020 2019 /1 2020 2021 Current Law Budget Authority

Child Care Entitlement to States 2,917 2,917 2,917 0

Child Support Enforcement and Family Support 4,322 4,402 4,439 +37

Children’s Research and Technical Assistance 35 35 38 +3

Foster Care and Permanency 8,559 9,388 10,015 +627

Promoting Safe and Stable Families (mandatory only)/2 489 995 345 -650

Social Services Block Grant 1,680 1,685 1,700 +15

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 16,737 16,739 16,739 0

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Contingency Fund 608 608 608 0

Refugee and Entrant Assistance (mandatory only) -- -- -- --

Total, Current Law Budget Authority 35,347 36,769 36,801 +32

Proposed Law Budget Authority

Child Care Entitlement to States 2,917 2,917 4,212 +1,295

State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement and Family Support

4,322 4,402 4,458 +56

Children’s Research and Technical Assistance 35 35 38 +3

Foster Care and Permanency 8,559 9,388 10,060 +672

Promoting Safe and Stable Families (mandatory only) /2 489 995 565 -430

Social Services Block Grant 1,680 1,685 0 -1,685

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 16,737 16,739 15,245 -1,494

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Contingency Fund 608 608 0 -608

Refugee and Entrant Assistance (mandatory only) -- -- 200 +200

Total, Proposed Law Budget Authority 35,347 36,769 34,778 -1,991

1/ Reflects FY 2019 Enacted, post required and permissive transfers and rescissions. 2/ FY 2020 includes a one-time FY 2020 appropriation of $500 million for Family First Prevention Services Act implementation, to be used in FY 2020 and FY 2021. Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.

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APPENDIX 3: Native American Affairs Advisory Council Liaisons

AGENCY NAME CONTACT INFORMATION

Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) -- Children’s Bureau (CB) Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA)

Gail Collins Director, Division of Program Implementation (CB) Carlette Randall Child Welfare Program Specialist, CB Scott Trowbridge Child Welfare Program Specialist, CB

(202) 205-8552 (202) 205-8627 (202) 795-7771

Shena Williams Senior Program Specialist, FVPSA

(202) 205-5932

Administration for Native Americans (ANA)

Mirtha Beadle Senior Policy Advisor to the Commissioner Acting Deputy Commissioner Michelle Sauve Executive Director, ICNAA Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist Amy Zukowski Director, Division of Program Evaluation and Planning Carmelia Strickland Director, Division of Program Operations Meresa Stacy Executive Officer

(202) 401-6506 (202) 260-6974 (202) 205-5606 (202) 401-6741 (202) 401-4725

Executive Secretariat Roshelle Brooks Management Analyst

(202) 401-4893

Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary (IOAS)

Savannah Emerich Policy and Program Advisor

(202) 401-6956

Office of Community Services (OCS)

Jolleen George Acting Deputy Director Jae Sulton

(202) 401-4830 (202) 205-4619

Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)

Monica Adams Child Support Program Specialist Melissa Johnson Director, Division of Regional Operations Rebecca Kantsiper Child Support Program Specialist Tristan Anderson Child Support Program Specialist Kesha Rodriguez Supervisory Child Support Program Specialist

(202) 401-5695 (816) 426-2269 (202) 401-4665 (202) 205-3421 (202) 260-5330

Office of Child Care (OCC)

James Henry Tribal Child Care Program Specialist Moushumi Beltangady

(202) 401-1484 202) 260-3613

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AGENCY NAME CONTACT INFORMATION

Senior Advisor to the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Senior Policy Advisor, Tribal Home Visiting Dawn Ramsburg Division Director Rachel McKinnon Child Care Program Specialist

Office of Family Assistance Native Employment Works (NEW) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF)

Stan Koutstaal Division Director, Tribal TANF Management and Regional Operations Denise Edwards Branch Chief, Tribal TANF Management Tonya Davis Program Specialist

(202) 401-5457 (303) 844-1155 (202) 401-4851

Office of Head Start (OHS)

Todd Lertjuntharangool Regional Program Manager, Region XI Donald Wyatt Senior Program Specialist Region XI Mariel Valerio Program Specialist Region XI

(202) 205-9503 (202) 205-8900 (202) 401-4859

Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB)

Shelly-Ann Sinclair Program Analyst

(202) 205-8632

Office of Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)

Beth Pfenning Program Specialist

(202) 401-4664

Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)

Aleta Meyer Social Science Research Analyst

(202) 401-5070

Region 9 VACANT

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APPENDIX 4: State MMNA Legislative Activity

State Description2

AK AK HR 10: Violence Against Women -- Urges the United States Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 without an exemption for tribal governments in the state and to support Savanna's Act and highlight the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

AZ AZ H 2570: Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women – Establishes a study committee on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

CA CA AJR 17: Missing and Murdered Native American Women and Girls – Requests the President and the Congress to enact legislation that would strengthen the communication between federal, state, local, and tribal officials, and requires the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to seek recommendations from tribes in enhancing the safety of Native American women and girls. CA ACR 83: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Month – Designates a specified month as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Month. CA A 1653: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force – Creates the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force. Requires the task force to complete a formal consultation with California's Indian tribes on how to improve tribal access to databases, determine how to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing and murdered indigenous persons in the state, and develop a database of nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations that provide aid or support in locating missing American Indian persons. CA A 1854: Missing or Murdered Native American Women Task Force – Creates the Missing or Murdered Native American Women Task Force in the Department of Justice, and provides for the membership of that task force. Requires the task force to complete a formal consultation with California's Native American tribes on how to improve tribal access to databases, and to develop recommendations on how to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing and murdered Native American persons in the state.

HI HI HR 136: Missing and Murdered Women -- Requests the Hawaii state commission on the status of women to convene a task force to conduct a study on missing and murdered native Hawaiian women and girls and to submit a report on the study to the Legislature. HI HCR 157: Missing and Murdered – Requests the Hawaii state commission on the status of women to convene a task force to conduct a study on missing and murdered native Hawaiian women and girls and to submit a report on the study to the Legislature.

ID ID HCR 33: Calendar Resolution – Recognizes missing and murdered indigenous persons as a crisis in Idaho and designates May 5 as a day of awareness.

IA IA S 2208: Missing Person Information Clearinghouse – Relates to the Missing Person Information Clearinghouse and missing and murdered indigenous women and children.

KS KS S 455: Training For Law Enforcement – Requires the Attorney General to coordinate training for law enforcement agencies on missing and murdered indigenous people.

MN MN H 70: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force – Relates to public safety, creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, requires an

2 National Conference of State Legislatures, Statewide Tribal Legislation Database (Updated March 20, 2020). Retrieved from https://www.ncsl.org/research/state-tribal-institute/database-of-state-and-tribal-legislation.aspx

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State Description2

annual report on issues related to violence against indigenous women and girls, appropriates money for the Task Force. MN H 111: Public Safety – Relates to public safety, creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, requires an annual report on issues related to violence against indigenous women and girls, appropriates money for the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. MN S 515: Public Safety – Relates to public safety, creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, requires an annual report on issues related to violence against indigenous women and girls, appropriates money for the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. MN S 711: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force – Relates to public safety, creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, requires an annual report on issues related to violence against indigenous women and girls, appropriates money for the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. MN H 1212: Public Safety – Relates to public safety, creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, requires an annual report on issues related to violence against indigenous women and girls, appropriates money for the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. MN S 1736: Public Safety -- Relates to public safety, creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, requires an annual report on issues related to violence against indigenous women and girls, appropriates money for the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

NM NM SM 38: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – Supports United States Congresswoman Deb Haaland's call for a national investigation of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. NM H 278: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – Creates the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force to conduct a study to determine how to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing and murdered indigenous women in the state. NM S 453: Missing and Murdered Native American Data – Requires the Department of Public Safety to collect data on missing and murdered Native Americans.

ND ND H 1311: Law Enforcement Training -- Relates to law enforcement training on missing and murdered indigenous people. ND H 1313: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People – Relates to the collection of data on missing and murdered indigenous people in the criminal justice data information sharing system, provides that the Attorney General shall implement a missing person repository for authorized users to enter missing person information in accordance with rules established by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

OK OK H 3345: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons – Relates to missing and murdered indigenous persons, creates Ida's Law, directs the State Bureau of Investigation to create Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, directs Office to work with law enforcement agencies, requires Office to develop best practice protocol, directs Office to assist with use of resources and to provide certain guidance, requires Office to coordinate with other agencies, directs Office to facilitate trainings.

OR OR H 2625: Missing Native American Women – Directs the Department of State Police to study how to increase and improve state criminal justice protective, responsive, and investigative resources and systems for the reporting, identification, investigation and rapid response to future and past cases of missing and murdered Native American women in this state, including cases involving Indian country.

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State Description2

SD SD S 164: Missing and Murdered Persons -- Provides uniform procedures for the reporting of and investigation of missing and murdered indigenous women, establishes training programs for law enforcement personnel regarding the conduct of investigations into missing persons, including missing and murdered indigenous women and children, and the provision of runaway assistance. SD H 1237: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Data Collection – Establishes the duty to collect data and share information on missing and murdered indigenous persons. SD H 1238: Training on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons – Revises provisions regarding training on missing and murdered indigenous persons.

UT UT H 116: Murdered and Missing Persons – Creates the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBTQ Plus Task Force to conduct appropriate consultations with tribal governments on the scope and nature of the issues regarding missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, specifies additional duties. UT HCR 6: Awareness Day Designation – Designates May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBT+ Awareness Day.

WA WA H 1713: Missing and Murdered Native American Women – Improves law enforcement response to missing and murdered Native American women by establishing two liaison positions in the State Patrol, directs the liaisons to build relationships to increase trust between governmental organizations and native communities, directs the State Patrol to develop a best practices protocol for law enforcement response to missing persons reports for indigenous women and other indigenous persons.

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APPENDIX 5: Congressional MMNA Activity

Native American Legislation of Interest to ACF – 116th Congress Bill Sponsor Status Summary

ENACTED

S. 227 — Savanna’s Act

Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

Introduced 1/25/2019; Became Law 10/10/20: Public Law No: 116-165

The bill directs the Department of Justice to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans.

S.982 — Not Invisible Act of 2019

Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

Introduced 4/2/19; Became Law 10/10/2020 Public Law No: 116-166

The bill increases intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians.

S. 256 — Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act

Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]

Introduced 1/29/2019; Became Law 12/20/2019 Public Law No: 116-101

Revises a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to preserve Native American languages. The minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by grants is reduced from 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests, which provide instruction through the use of a Native American language for children under the age of 7 and their parents. For survival schools, which are programs striving for fluency in a Native American language and proficiency in other academic fields, the minimum number of enrollees is reduced from 15 to 10. The bill increases the maximum duration of grants.

House Amendment to S. 212— Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2020

Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]

Introduced 1/24/19; Became law 12/30/20 Public Law No: 116-261

Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities. Section 5 of this bill authorizes the Administration for Native Americans to provide financial assistance to Native American community development financial institutions. ANA must give priority for financial assistance to applicants whose programs seek to develop (1) Tribal codes and court systems related to economic development and the development of nonprofit subsidiaries or Tribal business structures, (2) community development financial institutions, or (3) Tribal master plans for community and economic development and infrastructure. This bill also authorizes appropriations in the amount of $34 million annually from fiscal 2021 through 2025 to carry out these provisions.

PROPOSED H.R.2029 — Studying the

Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]

Introduced 4/2/2019; Referred to

Improve cooperation between Tribes and law enforcement. The bill directs the Government

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Native American Legislation of Interest to ACF – 116th Congress Bill Sponsor Status Summary Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019

Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security 5/15/2019

Accountability Office to conduct a full review of how federal agencies respond to reports of missing and murdered Native Americans and recommend solutions based on their findings. It also calls for the inclusion of database research to assess the availability/need for data collection; law enforcement jurisdiction across tribal and state lines; and recommendations/best practices for improving communication.

S. 336 — Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019 (Related Bill)

Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]

Introduced 2/5/2019 Directs the Government Accountability Office to report on the response of law enforcement agencies to reports of missing or murdered Native Americans and to make recommendations on how to improve the utilized databases and notification systems.

H.R.3977 — Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act

Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]

Introduced 7/25/2019 Restore inherent tribal criminal jurisdiction to prosecute domestic violence-related crimes committed against American Indian and Alaskan Native women by non-tribal members within Indian Country to protect victims and deter future violent crimes on reservations.

S. 288— Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act (Related Bill)

Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

Introduced 1/31/2019 Amends the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to extend the jurisdiction of tribal courts to cover crimes involving sexual violence, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1585 — Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019

Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]

Passed the House on 4/4/2019; Referred to Senate

Address sexual assault and domestic violence and includes provisions to address violence against Native women. Rep. Haaland was successful in amending VAWA to provide resources to Native women and combat the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women by: 1) providing victim advocate services to urban Indians in state courts; and 2) expanding information sharing between public safety departments in Indian Country by bolstering accessibility to the Tribal Access Program (TAP) database to ensure all law enforcement agencies share information to keep survivors of domestic violence safe. VAWA passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

S. 2843 — Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (Related Bill)

Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]

Introduced 11/13/2019; Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1351 — SURVIVE Act (Securing Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act)

Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]

Introduced 2/25/2019; Referred to Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security 3/25/2019

Address the need for tribal victim assistance by creating a tribal grant program within the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime. In addition to ensuring that tribal governments can access the Victims of Crime Fund (VOCA) resources on equal footing to state, the bill also empowers Tribes and Indian victims

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of crime by: expanding the types of victim assistance, services and infrastructure for which the funds may be used, including domestic violence shelters, medical care, counseling, legal assistance and services, and child and elder abuse programs. This bill was included in the 2019 VAWA reauthorization.

S.211 — SURVIVE Act (Securing Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act) (Related Bill)

Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]

Introduced 1/24/2019; Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar 5/13/2019

Amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime, and for other purposes.

H.R.958 — Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]

Introduced 2/4/2019; Referred to Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples 2/22/2019; Subcommittee Hearings Held 7/22/20

Ensure children and law enforcement in tribal communities are protected in instances of domestic violence. The bill reaffirms tribal inherent authority over child abuse and crimes that are committed against police officers and other justice officials respond to domestic violence calls and was included in the 2019 VAWA reauthorization.

S. 290 — Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act (Related Bill)

Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]

Introduced 1/31/2019; Committee on Indian Affairs Hearings Held 6/19/19

Extends tribal jurisdiction over the following crimes: violence committed against a child by a caregiver; violence against law enforcement officers involved in preventing, investigating, arresting, or prosecuting a person for domestic violence, dating violence, or child violence; attempted dating violence or domestic violence; or threatened dating violence or domestic violence. The bill also reauthorizes grants to tribal governments for exercising tribal criminal jurisdiction for those crimes through FY2024.

H.R. 4289 — Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act

Rep. Haaland, Debra [D-NM-1]

Introduced 9/11/2019; Referred to Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security 9/25/2019

requires Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other purposes.

S. 1853 — BADGES for Native Communities Act (Related Bill)

Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]

Introduced 6/13/2019; Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders 6/4/20

Requires Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other purposes.

H.Res.278 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to recognize the crisis of violence against Native women.

Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]

Introduced 4/1/2019; Referred to Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States 4/2/2019

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to recognize the crisis of violence against Native women.

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Native American Legislation of Interest to ACF – 116th Congress Bill Sponsor Status Summary S. 1892 —Tribal Reporting and Accountability to Congress (TRAC) Act

Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]

Introduced 6/19/2019 Amends Section 13 of the Indian Law Enforcement Act (25 U.S.C. 2810) to require each appointed tribal liaison to submit an annual report to Congress that includes data on missing and murdered Indians cases and those case being handled by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal law enforcement agencies.

S. 1893 —Finding and Investigating Native Disappearance (FIND) Act

Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]

Introduced 6/19/2019 Requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on ways to increase reporting of missing Indians and the effects of substance abuse, including the use of methamphetamine, on violent crime in Tribal communities, and for other purposes.

H.R. 8729 — Native American Language Resource Center

Rep. Haaland, Debra [D-NM-1]

Introduced 11/5/2020; Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor

Creates a national resource center to further the policies set for in the Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.)

S. 4510 — Native American Language Resource Center Act (Related Bill)

Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]

Introduced 8/6/20; Referred to Committee on Indian Affairs

creates a national resource center to further the policies set forth in the Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.)

H.R. 8469 — To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes

Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]

Introduced 9/30/20; Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources

[same as title]

S. 3948 — A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other

Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

Introduced 6/11/2020; Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders 9/24/20

[same as title]

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H.R. 4957 — Native American Child Protection Act

Rep. Gallego, Reuben [D-AZ-7]

Introduced 10/31/19; Passed in House 9/21/20

Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act

S. 4787 — Native American Child Protection Act (Related Bill)

Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]

Introduction 10/1/20; Referred to Committee on Indian Affairs

Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act

S. 3154 — Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]

Introduction 1/8/20; Referred to Committee on Finance

Aims to improve the effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes