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Capacity Building Center for Tribes (Center for Tribes)

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Author(s):

Robin L. Leake

Nancy Marie Lucero

PIs:

Robin Leake

Community Partners:

Tribal Law and Policy Institute

University of Southern Maine

Westat

Research Type:

Complete

Research Interest:

adaptive leadership, capacity-building, comprehensive organizational health assessments, culturally-responsive practice, evaluation, evidence-based practice/implementation science, indigenous and native peoples, racial equity, training and training evaluation, tribal child welfare, workforce development

Goal: Strengthen tribal child and family systems and services to nurture the safety, permanency and well-being of children, youth and families

The Capacity Building Center for Tribes is part of the Children’s Bureau Capacity Building Collaborative, a partnership between the Center for Tribes, the Center for States and the Center for Courts. The Center provides training and technical assistance to build the capacity of tribal child welfare programs and collaborates with American Indian and Alaska Native nations to help strengthen tribal child and family systems and services in order to nurture the safety, permanency and well-being of children, youth and families. We work to achieve a common goal of improving and maximizing child welfare service delivery within sovereign tribal nations.