BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.kingcountycasa.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10 // CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:6a167375-8a3c-400c-adac-825048c64c0b X-WR-CALDESC:Description: \n The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and Washin gton Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA) Overview for CASAs Training will fea ture an hour-long presentation on the historical and current importance of ICWA and WICWA for Native children. We will also cover the different role s the DCYF caseworker and CASAs play in supporting ICWA practice with a de eper look at DCYF caseworker's responsibilities related to active efforts\ , Tribal collaboration and following WICWA and ICWA placement preferences. CASAs will also learn how they can best support ICWA in their roles when working with Native children and youth involved in the state child welfare system.\n\nOur training will end with a half-hour\, facilitated conversat ion with Stacy Williams. Stacy is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas. She brings extensive knowledge and experience from her profess ional work as a CASA and GAL in both Washington state and Oregon\, and wil l be answering selected questions from the CASA participants. \n\n**If you have questions on how to advocate for the best interests of native childr en or for the guest presenters\, please send questions to wai-ping.li-land is@kingcounty.gov by 3/9/2026.**\n\nStacy Williams:\nAs an enrolled member of the Kickapoo tribe of Kansas\, Stacy recognizes the importance of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) that sets minimum Federal standards for ch ild custody cases involving Native children\, prioritizing their best inte rests\, and strengthening family and tribal stability.\n\nThrough her work as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and Guardian ad Litem (GAL)\ , Stacy has been a strong advocate for Indigenous children\, families\, an d tribes\, both in court and through training initiatives. She applies ICW A’s active efforts approach to case management\, emphasizing reunification priorities and cultural integration.\nStacy is an active member of the Lo cal Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee\, serving multiple regions acr oss Washington State. To strengthen knowledge and support for ICWA impleme ntation\, she developed and continues to provide training and case consult ation for CASAs and GALs in both Washington and Oregon.\nIn collaboration with Oregon tribes\, the Oregon Judicial Department\, and the Oregon CASA Network\, she helped create an online ICWA resource and training module fo r all CASAs and caseworkers across Oregon. Additionally\, to promote judic ial awareness\, she contributed to expanding a statewide family court stud y focused on judicial compliance with ICWA.\nShe holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington and a Masters degree in Conflict Resolution from Pepperdine University. To honor her native grandmothers\, she follows the ceremonies of her ancestors and grows medicinal plants in her garden. \n\nGabriela Saenz:\nGabriela Saenz\, Mexican American\, Lipan Apache\, Pu répecha Descendant is the Tribal Laision/ICWA Consultant for Region 4 (Sea ttle/King County). She has a background in tribal CPS\, and clinical socia l work\, specializing in PTSD\, grief\, and death work. Her role as the tr ibal liaison is to serve as a bridge between tribes and DCYF doing governm ent to government work and relationship building. As the ICWA Consultant\, she supports social workers supporting native families\, help them unders tand the spirit of ICWA\, and to ensure they are following policy and prov iding active efforts. \n \nRachel Mason:\nRachel provides expert consulta tion and advice to DCYF staff\, creates training information regarding tri bal relations\, looks at training needs for both Tribal staff and DCYF sta ff. She plans\, develops\, implements\, and provides and monitors all stat ewide training activities for staff\, and looks at aspects of program mana gement statewide to include contract management and monitoring and doing e valuations.\n\n\n X-WR-RELCALID:c2c791fd20eae37fe7ec66ae0ad5de91 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8a101c2d-44ae-4b9c-a969-8b987d30ca4c DTSTAMP:20260416T025011Z DESCRIPTION:Description: \n The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and Washing ton Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA) Overview for CASAs Training will feat ure an hour-long presentation on the historical and current importance of ICWA and WICWA for Native children. We will also cover the different roles the DCYF caseworker and CASAs play in supporting ICWA practice with a dee per look at DCYF caseworker's responsibilities related to active efforts\, Tribal collaboration and following WICWA and ICWA placement preferences. CASAs will also learn how they can best support ICWA in their roles when w orking with Native children and youth involved in the state child welfare system.\n\nOur training will end with a half-hour\, facilitated conversati on with Stacy Williams. Stacy is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas. She brings extensive knowledge and experience from her professi onal work as a CASA and GAL in both Washington state and Oregon\, and will be answering selected questions from the CASA participants. \n\n**If you have questions on how to advocate for the best interests of native childre n or for the guest presenters\, please send questions to wai-ping.li-landi s@kingcounty.gov by 3/9/2026.**\n\nStacy Williams:\nAs an enrolled member of the Kickapoo tribe of Kansas\, Stacy recognizes the importance of the I ndian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) that sets minimum Federal standards for chi ld custody cases involving Native children\, prioritizing their best inter ests\, and strengthening family and tribal stability.\n\nThrough her work as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and Guardian ad Litem (GAL)\, Stacy has been a strong advocate for Indigenous children\, families\, and tribes\, both in court and through training initiatives. She applies ICWA ’s active efforts approach to case management\, emphasizing reunification priorities and cultural integration.\nStacy is an active member of the Loc al Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee\, serving multiple regions acro ss Washington State. To strengthen knowledge and support for ICWA implemen tation\, she developed and continues to provide training and case consulta tion for CASAs and GALs in both Washington and Oregon.\nIn collaboration w ith Oregon tribes\, the Oregon Judicial Department\, and the Oregon CASA N etwork\, she helped create an online ICWA resource and training module for all CASAs and caseworkers across Oregon. Additionally\, to promote judici al awareness\, she contributed to expanding a statewide family court study focused on judicial compliance with ICWA.\nShe holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington and a Masters degree in Conflict Resolution f rom Pepperdine University. To honor her native grandmothers\, she follows the ceremonies of her ancestors and grows medicinal plants in her garden. \n\nGabriela Saenz:\nGabriela Saenz\, Mexican American\, Lipan Apache\, Pu répecha Descendant is the Tribal Laision/ICWA Consultant for Region 4 (Sea ttle/King County). She has a background in tribal CPS\, and clinical socia l work\, specializing in PTSD\, grief\, and death work. Her role as the tr ibal liaison is to serve as a bridge between tribes and DCYF doing governm ent to government work and relationship building. As the ICWA Consultant\, she supports social workers supporting native families\, help them unders tand the spirit of ICWA\, and to ensure they are following policy and prov iding active efforts. \n \nRachel Mason:\nRachel provides expert consulta tion and advice to DCYF staff\, creates training information regarding tri bal relations\, looks at training needs for both Tribal staff and DCYF sta ff. She plans\, develops\, implements\, and provides and monitors all stat ewide training activities for staff\, and looks at aspects of program mana gement statewide to include contract management and monitoring and doing e valuations.\n\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T133000 LOCATION:https://kingcounty.zoom.us/j/82843677057 Passcode 847474 SUMMARY:ICWA & WICWA Training END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR