Trauma-Informed Practice Strategies to Support Caregivers of Native Youth in Out-of-Home Care
When tribal child welfare program staff use trauma-informed practices to support caregivers to help youth remain connected to their tribes and cultures, they encourage healthy relationships that teach, offer support, and facilitate healing for youth in tribal out-of-home placement care. The TIPS included here refer to caregivers who are kinship and nonrelative caregiver placements actively managed by tribal child welfare programs.