Strengthening the Circle: Child Support for Native American Children

摘要

This resource document is dedicated to Native American children. We honor the211u001eholistic philosophy that embraces Native children, their parents, their extended 211u001efamilies, their communities and Tribes or Bands within a protective and 211u001eempowering Circle of Life. Through generations of changes and challenges 211u001ethreatening the existence of the Native American way of life, American Indian and 211u001eAlaska Native families continue to survive. In describing new child support 211u001eenforcement provisions for Native American children and new opportunities for 211u001eintergovernmental partnerships to meet their needs, we recognize the critical 211u001erole of the Tribes and Tribal organizations that help to meet family needs that 211u001estrengthen the Circle of protection around Native American children. We also 211u001eacknowledge the important role of Federal, State, and local child support 211u001eenforcement professionals, in strengthening the Circle of protection for Native 211u001eAmerican children.