This handbook is designed to provide Tribes and Tribal organizations with guidance when drafting or negotiating terms of a Tribal criminal child maltreatment Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) document. This guidance is applicable for standalone Tribal MDTs as well as for MDTs that will function as the core of a Tribal Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). This handbook also provides guidance that may be useful for non-Tribal MDTs and CACs seeking to improve their partnerships with Tribes and Tribal organizations for the purpose of better serving Native children and families.

This resource was prepared for the Native Child Advocacy Resource Center by the Tribal Law and Policy Institute with support from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), award #15PJDP-22-GK-03063-JJVO. The views, opinions, and content of this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of OJJDP.