Cultural Responsiveness, Identity & ICWA helps foster parents and staff honor each child's culture, identity, and connections — and understand the special legal protections for Native American children. A child's culture, race, ethnicity, religion, language, and identity are central to who they are, and foster care must support, not erase, them. This course covers why identity matters, cultural humility and responsiveness, supporting a child's racial, ethnic, religious, and gender identity, maintaining cultural and community connections, and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA), which provide critical protections for Native children and tribes. It connects identity to children's rights and wellbeing. The throughline: children heal and thrive when their identity is honored. Supporting each child's culture and connections — and following the special protections for Native children — is essential to good foster care.