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Program Instruction (PI-20-05)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to state, territorial and tribal title IV-E agencies on the actions required to apply for title IV-B, subpart 2... -
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CCWIS Data Quality Plans Lessons Learned: Two Years after the CCWIS Transition
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This webinar addressed critical topics for consideration by title IV-E agencies when writing data quality plans. It discussed biennial review requirements and shared... -
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Evaluating an Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Family Functioning and Decrease Time in Foster Care: Findings from the Permanency Innovations Initiative
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This poster summarizes findings from the Kansas Intensive Permanency Project (KIPP); working to accelerate permanency for families of children, ages 3-16, in foster... -
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Information Memorandum (IM-12-07)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on Establishing and Maintaining Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Systems in State Child Welfare Agencies.... -
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Tribal Child Welfare Systems’ Experiences With Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs: A Case Study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This report presents the findings of a federally funded case study that examined prenatal alcohol and other exposures in child welfare, including in Tribal child... -
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New Legislation Affecting Child Welfare Services: Division X and Section 305 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This Information Memorandum (IM) informs title IV-B and IV-E agencies and State and Tribal Court Improvement Programs of the enactment of Division X and Section 305... -
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Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to Child 10/1/2000 - 9/30/2001
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2001 about the prior relationships of the adoptive parents to the children who were adopted through public... -
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Child and Family Services Reviews Technical Bulletin #4
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This Technical Bulletin contains updated general instructions for Program Improvement Plan monitoring, evaluation, and renegotiation. It includes technical... -
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Evaluation Technical Assistance for Title IV-E Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations Project Summary
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The Children’s Bureau supports a contract to provide evaluation technical assistance to title IV-E agencies in conducting evaluations of their Child Welfare Waiver... -
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Federal Fiscal Year 2023 Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Funding Available to Develop and Enhance or to Evaluate Kinship Navigator Programs
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to state, territorial and tribal title IV-E agencies on the actions required to apply for title IV-B, subpart 2... -
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Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews 2018 Schedule
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This document provides the schedule of the title IV-E foster care eligibility reviews for fiscal year 2018. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open... -
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Reporting Youth Record Numbers to NYTD
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This brief summarizes the requirements for reporting NYTD data element 3 (record number) and common mistakes states make in reporting the same record number to NYTD... -
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Integrating Safety, Permanency and Well-Being Series
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This series of papers, Integrating Safety, Permanency and Well-Being in Child Welfare, is intended to further the national dialogue on the topic of well-being and how... -
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Time between Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) and Adoption Finalization: 10/1/2008 - 9/30/2009
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2009 about the time between the termination of parental rights and the adoption finalization for public... -
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Changes to the Delivery of Training and Technical Assistance Briefing
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
JooYeun Chang, the Children’s Bureau Associate Commissioner, presents the upcoming changes to the delivery of training and technical assistance available to support... -
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Dear Colleague Letter on Best Practices for Adhering to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
On November 22, 2024, the Children’s Bureau (CB) within the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) released a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) pertaining... -
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Title IV-E Plan Pre-Print for Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, Guardianship Assistance, Kinship Navigator
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This Information Memoranda (IM) provides State, Tribal and Territorial title IV-E agencies an updated Title IV-E Plan Pre-Print for the Foster Care Assistance,... -
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Evaluation Brief: Evaluating Systems and Organizational Change in Child Welfare Settings
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This brief explores challenges and strategies for evaluating systems and organizational change in child welfare settings. Drawing on current evaluation literature and... -
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Title IV-E Programs Expenditure and Caseload Data 2023
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The Children’s Bureau posts an annual FY summary of Form CB-496 expenditures and caseloads as reported by each title IV-E agency. These data tables include the... -
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An Overview of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This is a presentation that provides an overview of the AFCARS 2019 NPRM and where to submit comments. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open...