Q: Will there be an indication in CWS- CARES of tribally approved homes for RFA/Placement? If so, where will these fields appear in CWS-CARES? For context: The Office of Tribal Affairs (OTA) has indicated that there is currently no way to know if a placement is a tribally approved home for the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) placement in CWS/CMS. They would like to know how this information (or if) it will be reflected in CWS-CARES.
A: Yes, tribally approved homes will be a placement type in CWS-CARES. There won’t be a dedicated field in CWS-CARES, but there will be an indicator on the Resource Family Home (RFH) profile to identify a tribally approved home.