by webadmin | Jun 22, 2020 | Announcements
By Michael Godbe, CILS Bishop office Registered Legal Aid Attorney 7/31/20 UPDATE Deadline to apply extended 30 days to 3pm PST on September 2, 2020. Follow these links to read the FCC’s News Release and Order. Apply before the September 2nd...
by webadmin | Jun 18, 2020 | For Native Individuals, Knowledge is Power, Uncategorized
By Mark Vezzola, CILS Escondido office Directing Attorney About ten years ago, I attended a social event for young professionals at an upscale hotel in downtown San Diego (back then, I was young). As almost everyone was a stranger to me, most conversations began with...
by webadmin | Jun 16, 2020 | For Native Individuals, Protect ICWA
By Jedd Parr, CILS Sacramento Office Directing Attorney In 1978, the federal government passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in response to wildly disproportionate numbers of Native American children being removed from their parents and placed outside of their families...
by webadmin | Jun 5, 2020 | Tribal Alerts
To All Tribal Leaders: The United States Treasury Department (Treasury) expects to take additional time to distribute the remaining $3.2 billion in COVID-19 related funding under the CARES Act (aka Coronavirus Relief Fund). This delay is due to missing submissions...