The Tribal Indian Child Welfare Advocates Training Program is administered by the National Indian Justice Center pursuant to a contract with the California Department of Social Services. 

The goal of the program is to provide training and educational resources to social workers and other professionals working on Indian Child Welfare cases.

Project training sessions include Tribal Criminal Background Checks, Tribal Customary Adoption, Active Efforts, Stages of Dependency, Court Advocacy Skills for ICWA Advocates, and Qualified Expert Witness.

The purpose of this survey is to assess current training needs among those who work on ICWA cases in California.

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* 1. Please provide us with your contact information (Optional):

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* 2. The project offers the following 6 training sessions. Please rank them according to your need for the trainings.

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* 3. What particular topics of interest related to the existing training sessions above are you interested in learning more about? 

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* 4. California may be open for gatherings with COVID safe considerations as early as June 2021.  Once it is deemed safe to gather, would you be interested in in-person classroom training or continuing virtual training?

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* 5. Where in the state would you prefer to receive training?

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* 6. Are you interested in receiving training in a location that was not listed above? If so, please let us know your preferred training location(s).

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* 7. NIJC may not be conducting in-person training this year. What is your preferred format for receiving the training virtually?

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PowerPoint Recorded Lectures
Self-Paced Online Courses
Live Webinars

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* 8. Do you prefer any other training methods besides classroom training or the alternatives listed above? If so, please share them with us.

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* 9. What is your preferred duration of a virtual training session?

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* 10. How interested are you in receiving office-based technical assistance for Tribal Criminal Background Checks?

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* 11. Are you interested in receiving office-based technical assistance on any of the topics below?

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Tribal Customary Adoption
Active Efforts
Stages of Dependency
Court Advocacy Skills for ICWA Advocates
Qualified Expert Witness
Thank you for completing our survey! We look forward to your attendance and participation in our training sessions.

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