National Indian Child Welfare Association Law and Legal Definition
The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is a private, non-profit, membership organization established to assist Indian programs and communities to strengthen and enhance their capacity to deliver quality child welfare services. It is based in Portland, Oregon.
The NICWA is the most comprehensive source of information on American Indian child welfare and the only national American Indian organization focused specifically on the tribal capacity to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Indian and non-Indian individuals, tribes, and U.S. private organizations concerned with American Indian child and family issues are all members of NICWA. NICWA’s partners, board, and staff work to protect the children of American Indian people.
Legal Definition list
- National Incident-Based Reporting System
- National Incident Management System [NIMS]
- National Imagery and Mapping Agency
- National Human Trafficking Resource Center [NHTRC]
- National Historic Preservation Act
- National Indian Child Welfare Association
- National Indian Gaming Commission [NIGC]
- National Indian Organization
- National Industrial Recovery Act
- National Information Exchange Model
- National Instant Criminal Background Check System [NICS]
Related Legal Terms
- Abused Child
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Access Control List [National Security]
- Access Control Mechanism [National Security]
- Accessible Space [National Security]
- Activity of Multinational Enterprises
- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
- Administration for Children and Families
- Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
- Adopted Child
