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The literature review explores child maltreatment prevention and family resilience in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, emphasizing the value of culturally grounded, community-driven interventions. It categorizes programs as Tribally created, Tribally adapted, or promising but not yet adapted, and highlights the effectiveness of integrating traditional values and community involvement. The review also notes gaps in documentation and evaluation of Indigenous practices and calls for further research to better support culturally relevant interventions.

The environmental scan by the Center for Native Child and Family Resilience examines how American Indian/Alaska Native communities use culturally grounded prevention models to foster child and family resilience, emphasizing cultural values, traditions, and community-specific strategies. It identifies key risk and protective factors, highlights the role of cultural identity and ethnic pride, and describes seven main categories of intervention strategies, including parenting skills and behavioral health, showcasing the effectiveness of Indigenous approaches in promoting well-being.

The CNCFR Environmental Scan reviews prevention and intervention models designed to enhance child and family resilience in American Indian/Alaska Native communities, emphasizing the effectiveness of culturally relevant, strengths-based approaches. It documents various programs that integrate Tribal values, traditions, and community engagement to address risk and protective factors, concluding that Tribally created models are particularly successful in fostering cultural resilience and recommending continued support for culturally tailored programming.