{"Multiple_Choice__291":"Brittany Lochner","Short_Answer__292":"Kimette Almon","Date__293":"11\/06\/2018","Multiple_Choice__294":"Fatality","Yes_or_No__295":"No","Multiple_Choice__300":"8","Multiple_Choice__301":"Hennepin","Short_Answer__303":"Keyaris","Short_Answer__304":"Samuels","Date__305":"09\/23\/2010","Date__306":"05\/16\/2018","Multiple_Choice__308":"7 Years","Multiple_Choice__309":"1","Short_Answer__310":"Mother","Multiple_Choice__316":"1","Short_Answer__317":"MIFPA notices were not sent after the subject child's father identified a possibility of Native American Heritage.","Free_Text__318":"The case was assigned to the ICWA unit due to a conflict of interest in another unit. The worker had 6 years of experience working as a CP investigator in the ICWA unit. The worker described feeling uncomfortable having to contact the family after everything that had transpired (child fatality) and explain child protection's role is in the investigation. The worker's focus of attention was on talking with the detective to coordinate efforts during the investigation. Case notes indicated that the subject child's father initially denied American Indian heritage in a previous case and during the 10\/22\/2018 CP investigation he stated potential American Indian heritage. The father was not able to provide additional information and denied any tribal affiliation. From the worker's perspective, if a parent states they have American Indian heritage, a notice is completed and sent to the tribe, a phone call to the tribe is made, and this information is documented in SSIS in case notes and in tabs under each child. The worker stated that if a parent says they are Cherokee, Ojibwe, etc., the worker would send notice to all of the Cherokee tribes or all of the Ojibwe tribes, follow up with a phone call, and document the info in SSIS. In situations where a parent is not sure or states possible American Indian heritage and cannot provide any information regarding a tribe, would typically not be considered ICWA and notice would not be sent. \r\n\r\nThe worker stated that she felt personally protective of the family because of what they had experienced and felt pressure when DHS called shortly after the critical incident occurred and asked whether or not the agency was planning to place the surviving siblings out of the home.","Free_Text__319":"MIFPA notices not being sent after the subject child's father identified a possibility of Native American Heritage was influenced by the perception that there was no tribal affiliation or heritage due to the subject child's father not being able to provide information about a specific tribe. Agency practice supported notices not being sent when a family member states a possibility of Native American Heritage and is unable to provide information regarding a specific tribe. Further influencing the perception that there was no tribal affiliation or heritage was the fact that the father had previously denied Native American Heritage during prior involvement with the agency, which also supported staff identifying follow up with the father regarding possible Native American Heritage being lesser of a priority.\r\n\r\nIn addition, confusion exists about what notices need to be sent, as well as when and by whom, which contributes to inconsistent practice among workers and as a result, influences MIFPA notices not being sent. State and local guidance was unclear and supported inconsistent practice among workers as it was not as clear on steps that needed to take place to ensure policy\/statute was followed. State and local guidance is shaped by ICWA and MIFPA requirements that notices be sent to the BIA by a social services agency if a tribe is unknown. Furthermore, these ICWA and MIFPA requirements, coupled with changes to the AFCARS requirements, influenced the development of tabs in SSIS used for guiding ICWA related work. These tabs were not fulling developed at the time, which contributed to state and local guidance being unclear.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, in a case involving a critical incident, law enforcement oftentimes take the lead and social service agencies are sometimes asked not to conduct further interviews until the law enforcement investigation is complete. This contributes to workers' hesitancy to reach out to a family member to gain additional information, and follow-up with the father regarding Native American heritage not being prioritized and MIFPA notices not being sent.","Multiple_Choice__346":"3","Free_Text__347":"MIFPA notices not being sent after the subject child's father identified a possibility of Native American Heritage was influenced by the perception that there was no tribal affiliation or heritage due to the subject child's father not being able to provide information about a specific tribe. \r\n\r\nFurther influencing the perception that there was no tribal affiliation or heritage was the fact that the father had previously denied Native American Heritage during prior involvement with the agency, which also supported staff identifying follow up with the father regarding possible Native American Heritage being lesser of a priority.\r\n\r\nIn addition, confusion exists about what notices need to be sent, as well as when and by whom, which contributes to inconsistent practice among workers and as a result, influences MIFPA notices not being sent.","Multiple_Choice__348":"0","Multiple_Choice__350":"0","Multiple_Choice__352":"0","Multiple_Choice__354":"2","Free_Text__355":"Furthermore, in a case involving a critical incident, law enforcement oftentimes take the lead and social service agencies are sometimes asked not to conduct further interviews until the law enforcement investigation is complete. This contributes to workers' hesitancy to reach out to a family member to gain additional information, and follow-up with the father regarding Native American heritage not being prioritized and MIFPA notices not being sent.","Multiple_Choice__356":"0","Multiple_Choice__368":"0","Multiple_Choice__358":"2","Free_Text__359":"Agency practice supported notices not being sent when a family member states a possibility of Native American Heritage and is unable to provide information regarding a specific tribe. \r\n\r\nState and local guidance was unclear and supported inconsistent practice among workers as it was not as clear on steps that needed to take place to ensure policy\/statute was followed. State and local guidance is shaped by ICWA and MIFPA requirements that notices be sent to the BIA by a social services agency if a tribe is unknown. Furthermore, these ICWA and MIFPA requirements, coupled with changes to the AFCARS requirements, influenced the development of tabs in SSIS used for guiding ICWA related work. These tabs were not fulling developed at the time, which contributed to state and local guidance being unclear.","Multiple_Choice__360":"0","Multiple_Choice__362":"0","Multiple_Choice__364":"0","Multiple_Choice__366":"0","Yes_or_No__370":"Yes"}