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Tribal Child Welfare Programs

ACF Region:
                       Minnesota is in Region 5 of the Children's Bureau located at:
                       233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 400
                       Chicago, Illinois 60601-5519
                       Phone: (312) 353-4237
                       Fax: (312) 353-2204
See Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and ACF regional map.

BIA Region:
                       Minnesota is in the Midwest Regional Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs located at:
                       Norman Pointe II Building
                       5600 W. American Blvd., Suite 500
                       Bloomington, MN 55347
                       Phone: (612) 713-4400
                                     (612) 725-4500
                       Fax:       (612) 713-4401
See Department of Interior, BIA regional map, and BIA Human Services Division for more information.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs annually posts Indian Child Welfare Act; Designated Tribal Agents for Service of Notice regulations in the Federal Register.

State Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Manager:
                      Minnesota Department of Human Services
                      Indian Child Welfare
                      Indian Child Welfare Program Consultant
                      P.O. Box 64943
                      St. Paul, MN 55164-0943
                      Phone: (651) 431-4683
                      Fax: (651) 431-7491

MINNESOTA TRIBES / Minnesota Tribal Child Welfare Programs

Fond Du Lac Reservation Business Committee
Social Services
927 Trettle Rd.
Cloquet, Minnesota 55720
Phone: (218) 878-2145
Fax: (218) 878-2189

Leech Lake Band
Leech Lake Child Welfare
115 Sixth Street NW, Suite E
Cass Lake, Minnesota 56633

Child Protection
Phone: (218) 335-8270
Fax: (218) 335-3768

Family Preservation
Phone: (218) 335-8332
Fax: (218) 335-4447

Urban Indian Child Welfare
1113 East Franklin Avenue
Suite 203
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: (218) 335-4435
Fax: (218) 335-3768

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Health and Human Services
17230 Noopiming Drive
Onamia, Minnesota 56539
Phone: (320) 532-7773
Fax: (320) 532-7583

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Child and Family Services – Currently no website available
P.O. Box 427
Red Lake, Minnesota 56671
Phone: (218) 679-2122
Fax: (218) 679-2929

White Earth Band of Ojibwe
White Earth Judicial Services - Indian Child Welfare
P.O. Box 358
White Earth, Minnesota 56591
Phone: (218) 983-4647
Fax: (218) 983-3712

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