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This guide helps title IV-E agencies prepare for an Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review. It includes technical assistance and tools to conduct a self-assessment of a title…
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This presentation addresses the waiver authority; previous and current waiver evaluations; waiver evaluation requirements and expectations; and a review of well-being constructs, outcomes, and measurement tools.…
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This DSS presentation describes the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) IV-E Eligibility Requirements as defined by Federal Regulations 45 CFR 1355.52(g). Related CCWIS data, data exchange, and data…
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This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of Virginia’s Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.
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This TB provides guidance on the standards used to determine compliance on the semi-annual Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data files. Metadata-only record linking to the original…
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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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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division hosted a webinar providing an overview of the Division and the laws and outreach behind its mission. Learn…
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This Technical Bulletin provides detail on how CB calculates whether a state has met the national standards that will be used in CFSR Round 3. Excel Workbooks of State CFSR Performance as of 10/10/2014 are available in…
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This technical bulletin addresses how to extract data for the Out-of-Home Care and Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Files defined in AFCARS Technical Bulletin #21. Additionally, this document includes guidance on…
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This Program Instruction (PI) provides state and tribal title IV-E agencies (agencies) guidance and describes the documentation requirements an agency must complete to maintain compliance with CCWIS requirements while…
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Peer Reviewer participation in the IV-E Reviews requires a significant commitment of time and effort. The general requirements and responsibilities of Peer Reviewers participating in the reviews are summarized below.…
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This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of Nevada's Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.
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This webinar was a part of the AFCARS Final Rule Training Series. For this webinar, the Children's Bureau shared a revised version of Technical Bulletin 23: Compliance and Data Quality. This webinar: We encourage you to…
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This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of Wyoming’s Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.
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This DSS presentation describes the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Design Requirements, as defined by Federal Regulations 45 CFR 1355.53, the CCWIS Software Repository, as defined by Federal…
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This Information Memorandum (IM) provides title IV-E agencies that choose to develop a CCWIS and expect expenditures to meet or exceed thresholds defined in APD regulations with information on the use of an optional…
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Title IV-E Tribal Consultation Meetings (PDF) - This is a request for public comment concerning requirements for transferring children from the placement and care responsibility of a state title IV-E agency to a tribal…
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Postponement of the Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews The Children's Bureau has indefinitely postponed the Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the PDF link to the…
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The Children’s Bureau conducts the Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews (IV-E Reviews) to monitor Title IV-E agencies’ compliance with federally mandated requirements under Title IV, Part E, of the Social Security…
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The Child Welfare Reviews Project assists the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in administering the title IV-E foster care eligibility…
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