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Letter to Child Welfare Directors about the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
This letter from the Children’s Bureau urges child welfare directors to provide assistance to young people who have experienced foster care to help them recover from the... -
ED and HHS Letter to Chief State School Officers and Child Welfare Directors...
ED and HHS Letter to Chief State School Officers and Child Welfare Directors on Implementing the Fostering Connections Act (DOC) - Discusses supporting the well-being and... -
IM-91-11
This Information Memorandum (IM) restates kinship foster care and the requirements under Title IV-B, Section 427, of the Social Security Act. Metadata-only record linking to the... -
PI-01-02
This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance and instruction on the submission of the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program State Plan for Fiscal Years 2001-2004. Metadata-... -
Archive for State AFCARS Report
The AFCARS Report (TAR) presents a national summary of foster care and adoption counts/data during a given fiscal year. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado... -
PI-08-05
This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law (P.L.) 110-351). Metadata-only record... -
Illinois AFCARS Assessment Review
Should you require access to this document or accessibility assistance with any documentation from Illinois's Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)... -
IM-19-01
This Information Memorandum (IM) issues National Model Foster Family Home Licensing Standards. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below. -
IM-95-32
This Information Memorandum (IM) informs the States of the publication of an Amendment to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Regulations.... -
Puerto Rico Primary Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review (2024)
This report describes the results of the primary review of Puerto Rico's Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original... -
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2023, County, Foster County, ND, Area Hydrography
The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File... -
PI-02-05
This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to States on the June 30, 2002 submission of the Annual Progress and Services Report required under title IV-B of the Social... -
Washoe County Department of Social Services Brochure
Overview of the Washoe County Department of Social Services Family Search and Engagement service designed to help foster youth reconnect with their families. Metadata-only... -
Arkansas Primary Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review (2024)
This report describes the results of the primary review of Arkansas's Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset... -
AFCARS Technical Bulletin #7 - Encryption Guidelines and Algorithms
This TB provides title IV-E agencies with guidance in encrypting record numbers in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data file submissions.... -
Title IV-E Reviews — Peer Reviewer Information and Recruitment
The Children's Bureau conducts Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews (IV-E Reviews) of Title IV-E agencies to help monitor the agency's compliance in meeting federally... -
Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews 2016 Schedule
This document provides the schedule of the title IV-E foster care eligibility reviews for fiscal year 2016. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original... -
Arkansas AFCARS Assessment Review, 2001
This report includes documentation from Arkansas’s Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2001. Metadata-only record... -
PI-11-01
This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance for implementing recent changes to the Title IV-E foster care eligibility re-determination policy in a Statewide Automated Child... -
Final Rule on Separate Licensing Standards for Relative or Kinship Foster...
This Information Memorandum (IM) informs title IV-E agencies that a final rule was published allowing title IV-E agencies to adopt foster family home licensing or approval...