Indian Child Welfare Act Curriculum Development

RFP Number: CFCC 200904-RB

The Administrative Office of the Courts is dedicated to improving the quality of justice and services to meet the diverse needs of children, youth, families, and self-represented litigants in the California courts. One of the projects created to help improve the quality of justice provided those involved with the juvenile courts of California is the development of comprehensive curriculum on the Indian Child Welfare Act through the Tribal Projects Unit of the Administrative Office of the Courts.

The curriculum to be developed during this phase of the project are the following modules:

Module 3: Jurisdictional and Procedural Issues: Jurisdiction; Tribal transfer or intervention; waivers from Indian parents/ custodians & appointment of counsel
Module 4: Evidentiary Issues including standards of proof, required findings, and Qualified Expert Witness testimony
Module 5: Remedies and Post Trial issues

Questions should be directed to solicitations@jud.ca.gov by no later than April 6, 2010.

Proposals must be received by no later than 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time, April 23, 2010.

Hard copy proposals must be delivered to:

Judicial Council of California
Administrative Office of the Courts
Attn: Nadine McFadden, RFP No. CFCC-200904-RB
455 Golden Gate Avenue, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102-3688

Further information regarding this solicitation is set forth in Request for Proposal (RFP) No. CFCC-200904-RB, provided below.

Request for Proposal