U.S (NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND): CONGRESS must pass the NATIVE CHILD PROTECTION ACT Now !

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friend, 

 

We’ve got good news.

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has reintroduced the Native American Child Protection Act (NACPA). This legislation reauthorizes and increases the level for funding and revises language to include cultural programs and services to be included in grant programs for Native children on tribal lands and in urban areas. Tribes and Native communities will finally have additional tools to treat, prevent, investigate, and prosecute instances of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect involving Native children and families.

The federal government has a responsibility to protect all children. But many Native programs that were originally established in 1990 by Congress as part of then-Senator John McCain's Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act were never fully funded, leaving Tribes and Native communities with nothing but more broken promises.

The NACPA will finally follow through on those promises by reauthorizing the programs and providing the funding to implement them at the same time, finally delivering real federal resources to protect, educate, and support the youth of Indian Country.

Now, Rep. Gallego needs our help to get this bipartisan bill passed. Please send a direct message urging your U.S. House Representative to co-sponsor and pass the Native American Child Protection Act right away.

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Check out some of the highlights in the NACPA :

1. Creates a National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center that will provide technical assistance and training to Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Native urban organizations.
2. Requires the development of model intergovernmental agreements between tribes and states to prevent, investigate, treat, and prosecute family violence.
3. Revises the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Program to allow funding to be used for additional activities such as operational costs for child protective services.
4. Includes Native urban organizations as eligible entities and encourages culturally appropriate treatment services and programs.

Our families deserve the opportunity to grow up healthy and strong. They deserve services that respect our culture and our teachings in providing essential support for the overall well-being across Turtle Island, both on and off reservations.

This legislation will help close the racial equity gap in access by finally delivering funding and services our communities need. Please sign and send your message to Congress now.

Together we are stronger.

Hawwih (“thank you” in Caddo) for speaking up and building support to pass the Native American Child Protection Act . 

 

Judith LeBlanc (Caddo)
Executive Director

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