Indian Affairs

SEATTLE – July 2, 2009 –  In the most challenging budget year in Washington State history, the legislature stood up for child abuse prevention by preserving the Council for Children & Families, the nation’s first state agency devoted solely to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.  Due to the legislature’s strong support for cost-saving measures such as prevention, CCF w

The Governor's Office of Indian Affairs, recognizing the importance of sovereignty, affirms the government-to-government relationship and principles identified in the Centennial Accord to promote and enhance tribal self-sufficiency and serves to assist the state in developing policies consistent with those principles.