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Humboldt County Child Welfare highlights ICWA program, reports faster investigations and court reporting
Summary
Child Welfare Services described an expanded Indian Child Welfare Act program, an increase in timely investigation closures to 91.5% and court report timeliness improvements to 100% in December 2024; board received and filed the report.
Humboldt County Child Welfare Services gave the Board of Supervisors an overview of frontline work and an update on its Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) program and other prevention and permanency efforts, reporting gains in investigation timeliness and court-reporting compliance.
Director Amanda Winstead and program managers described an ICWA unit launched about four years ago that the department said is now developing into a model program for the state. Pam Miller, ICWA program manager, said the unit verifies enrollment and works in partnership with tribes to “defer whenever possible” and co-create case plans in a manner that honors tribal sovereignty.
Nut graf: The department stressed both the intensity of child-protection work and the steps it has taken to improve outcomes: a 91.5% timely investigation closure…
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