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Understanding ICWA Part 3: Placement Preferences, with Chrissi Ross Nimmo

On this week’s podcast we discuss a landmark case out of New York over the rights of biological parents, connecting homeless children to early childhood programs, a federal end-around on monitoring unaccompanied minors, an AI Bill of Rights, and the placement preferences required by ICWA.

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Chrissi Ross Nimmo, deputy attorney general of Cherokee Nation, joins us to discuss the placement preferences required by the Indian Child Welfare Act when a child is going to be adopted or placed in foster care.

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New York High Court Favors Out-of-State Parents Seeking Custody of Foster Children https://bit.ly/3W9JVJu Michigan Children Without Homes Rarely Enrolled in Early Learning Programs https://bit.ly/3UcbxMk Infant and Toddler Homelessness: Report Coming Soon https://schoolhouseconnection.org/infant-and-toddler-homelessness/ Biden Administration Wants to Take Over Monitoring of Unaccompanied Minors in Florida, Texas https://bit.ly/3Dh9HCM White House Issues Plan for Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights https://bit.ly/3TaDp2J The Imprint’s Archive of coverage on the Indian Child Welfare Act https://imprintnews.org/topic/icwa Imprint Weekly Podcast, April 2021: Is the Indian Child Welfare Act Headed Back to the Supreme Court? Featuring Chrissi Ross Nimmo https://bit.ly/3d9p1FP
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