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• Tell the state agency worker immediately if you are a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
• Ask the agency worker if they have notified your tribe about your situation.
• Contact your tribe's social service program to find out if they know about your situation.
• If your child is being placed in foster care, give the agency worker the names of family members who might be able to take care of your child.
• If you don't have relatives nearby, ask if your child will be placed with an Indian foster family.

• Ask for court-appointed legal counsel if you cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.
• Ask to see the reports and documents that have been filed with the court about the decision to place your child.
• Attend all the court hearings related to your child.
• If your child is going to be placed in foster care, ask the agency worker if an Expert Witness has recommended the placement.
• Ask to visit your child regularly while he is in foster care.
• Ask for help if you need assistance to follow your Service/Treatment Plan. This plan will describe why your child is involved in the child welfare system, your family's strengths and needs, your child's and family's goals, actions you and the child welfare system are to take, services you and your child are to receive and participate in, and a time period for working on these things. If your child is living at home with you, the service plan will describe what needs to happen so that he will be safe and can continue to live in your home. If your child is in foster care, the service plan states why he came into care. It will say what needs to happen for him to be returned home and for the child welfare agency to no longer be involved with your family.
• When you sign the service plan, it means that you agree with it. If you don't agree with it, you don't have to sign it. Instead, you could ask the agency worker to reconsider the parts that you don't agree with.
• Be sure to get a written copy of the service plan to keep.
• If available, seek help from tribal or off-reservation Indian resource programs to help you with your service plan.

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