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Tribal Child Welfare Programs

ACF Region:
                        Texas is in Region 6 of the Children's Bureau located at:
                        1301 Young Street, Suite 914
                        Dallas, TX 75202
                        Phone: (214) 767-9648
                        Fax: (214) 767-3743
See Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and ACF regional map.

BIA Region:
                       Texas is in the Southern Plains Regional Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
                       located at:
                       WCD Office Complex
                       Anadarko, OK 73005
                       Phone: (405) 247-6673
                       Fax: (405) 247-5611
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:
                      Texas Health and Human Services
                      State Office of Special Projects
                      Child Protective Services Program Specialist
                      Phone: (580) 371-4013
                      Fax: (405) 521-4373

TEXAS TRIBES / Texas Tribal Child Welfare Programs

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas
Social Services
571 State Park Road 56
Livingston, Texas 77351
Phone: (936) 563-1250
Fax: (936) 563-1254

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
[no website available at this time]
Social Services
HCR 1, Box 9700
Eagle Pass, Texas, 78852
Phone: (830) 421-5360
Fax: (830) 776-5171

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas
Health and Human Services – Behavioral Health Services - Social Services
119 S. Old Pueblo Road
El Paso, Texas 79907
Phone: (915) 479-2591
(915) 858-1076
Fax: (915) 858-2367

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