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Meet Liz Urbaniak, business operations manager at the Tribal Training and Certification Partnership
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The Tribal Training and Certification Partnership at UMD trains social workers who work with Native American families.
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Social work graduates among leaders innovating national best practices in tribal child welfare
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Meet Larissa Littlewolf, associate director of the Tribal Training and Certification Partnership.
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Legislature grants appropriation for tribal child welfare training.
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Visiting scholar’s research examines the ways Indigenous culture and well-being are intertwined.
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UMD Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies is a leader in tribal child welfare worker training.