DCS Talks about the Indian Child Welfare Act with Susan Kovac DCS Talks

In this episode of DCS Talks, we have Susan Kovac with us to discuss the
Indian Child Welfare Act. Ms. Kovac has serves as General Counsel Emeritus at Department
of Children’s Services where she served as the lead attorney for the Knox
County Region as well as serving as an Associate Professor at the UT Knoxville
School of Law for over 13 years. Ms. Kovac has many special interests around
law and child welfare one of which is about the Indian Child Welfare Act or
ICWA. ICWA provides
guidance to States regarding the handling of child abuse and neglect and
adoption cases involving Native children and sets minimum standards for the handling
of these cases. This is November 2023 which is National Native or
Indigenous American Heritage month