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The Children's Bureau re-issued the Guide to the NYTD Review (the Guide), previously issued in January 2017 in ACYF-CB-PI-17-01. The revisions to this document, while minor, offer clarifications that we hope will assist…
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This guide from the Capacity Building Center for Courts describes best practices and other recommendations for remote or virtual court hearings in child welfare cases. Browse All COVID-19 Resources Metadata-only record…
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Provides guidance to the states regarding the use of data and information to assess systematic factor functioning. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.
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This technical bulletin provides title IV-E agencies that choose to develop a Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) with information on a modular design approach and guidance on the assessment of…
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This technical bulletin gives reporting instructions and provides examples for the AFCARS 2020 out-of-home care and adoption and guardianship assistance data elements. The regulation for each element is shown in a blue…
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The Children’s Bureau developed this Guide to the NYTD Review to provide information to states regarding the NYTD Review process, including the procedures used to conduct the onsite review. The Guide may be used as a…
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This document explains the content to be included in the Initial Design and Implementation Report and subsequent quarterly progress reports. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset…
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This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to states, territories, and insular areas (hereafter “states,” unless otherwise noted) on actions required to receive Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 allotments (subject to…
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This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance on the eligibility requirements and grant application procedures for the State CIP grant for FY 2023, including updating the five-year strategic plan, and to provide…
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This checklist describes all the required elements of states' CFSPs and APSRs. It was developed to help states ensure their submissions include all required elements. Items on the checklist have been shortened; see…
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This guide provides an overview of the challenges child welfare researchers and evaluators may face in conducting research and collecting data remotely and offers strategies and recommendations to address them. It…
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This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to states, territories, and insular areas (hereafter “states,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments for Federal Fiscal…
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This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to Indian Tribes, Indian Tribal Organizations and Indian Tribal Consortia (hereafter “tribes,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive…
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This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth eligibility requirements and application procedures for the Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 State Court Improvement Program (CIP) grant. Metadata-only record linking to the…
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This brief summarizes guidance on NYTD reporting in a statewide automated child welfare information system (SACWIS) environment (ACYF-CB-PI-10-04) with examples of strategies states have used to develop SACWIS…
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This technical assistance document provides guidance to Medicaid and child welfare agencies to assist and support the creation of automated, bi-directional (two-way) data exchanges between their respective information…
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This brief summarizes the existing guidance and recommendations related to identifying, sampling, and surveying youth in the follow-up population at age 19. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open…
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This technical bulletin, re-issued on November 9, 2022, provides title IV-E agencies that choose to develop a Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) with guidance on identifying and collaborating with…
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This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the eligibility requirements and the grant application procedures for FY 2024 Children's Justice Act (CJA) grants and provides the tentative State allocation table. Metadata-only…
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