NICWA Partners with University of Maryland School of Social Work to Support LGBTQ2S Youth in Foster Care

The National Indian Child Welfare Association is part of a group of organizations partnering with the National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Two-Spirit Children and Youth in Foster Care (QIC-LGBTQ2S) to support child welfare administrations caring for youth with diverse sexual orientations and gender identity […]

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CNAY Partners with Brown University to Provide Summer Program Scholarship

This scholarship is offered by CNAY through a new partnership with Brown University’s Pre-College Programs in Providence, Rhode Island. The Center for Native American Youth will award a full-tuition, residential scholarship for a Native student to attend one of Brown University’s on-campus pre-college programs during summer 2018. All application materials must be received by CNAY by 11:59 PM […]

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Spotlight: Gen-I Youth Ambassador Maka Monture

Meet Maka Monture, Gen-I Youth Ambassador. Maka, 23 years old, is Tlingit and Mohawk from Yakutat, Alaska, and currently resides in Anchorage.Maka has been involved with environmental issues since high school and is a recipient of various awards and keynote speaking opportunities for her efforts as an environmental activist. Maka helps manage the Arctic Youth Ambassadors […]

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OJJDP Police & Youth Engagement Project

Óki (Hello in the Blackfeet language)! This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Police & Youth Engagement Project: Supporting the Role of Law Enforcement in Juvenile Justice Reform hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The OJJDP, in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs […]

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