What is the role of the Indian Child Welfare Worker if the child is located outside the Choctaw Nations 10.5 county service area or located outside the state of Oklahoma?
If you are located outside the Tribe’s service area or out of state, the CFS Indian Child Welfare Social Worker will intervene in the child welfare case and monitor the case with the state’s case worker by phone and letter. We will not be present in person for court hearings but can be available by phone or send letters to the court with our recommendation. When the CFS social worker receives notice an Indian child has been taken into a state’s custody and determines the child’s eligibility, an initial intervention letter is submitted in court and CFS becomes a party to the case and request that all legal documents be sent to CFS’s attention and an effort is made to contact the state’s caseworker.
