Foster Care

2007

IM 07-04: Issued: May 17, 2007. Assisted Guardianship Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Projects and Categorical Eligibility for Medicaid for Title IV-E Eligible Children. (PDF - 65 KB)

2006

IM 06-04: Issued : September 1, 2006. New Legislation - The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law (P.L.) 109-248). (PDF - 27 KB)
IM 06-03: Issued August 11, 2006. New Legislation — The Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 (Public Law (P.L.) 109-239). (PDF - 31 KB)
IM 06-02: Issued : June 9, 2006. New Legislation—The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. (PDF - 580 KB)
IM 06-01: Issued : January 17, 2006. New Legislation - Public Law 109-113, the Fair Access Foster Care Act of 2005. (PDF - 15 KB)

2005

IM-05-08: Issued September 21, 2005. Foster Children as Human Subjects in Drug Trials. (PDF - 8 KB)

2004

IM 04-03: Issued : February 27, 2004. Information about the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's March 3, 2003 decision in Rosales v. Thompson regarding Title IV-E eligibility. (PDF - 96 KB)

2003

IM-03-03: Issued : May 30, 2003. Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review Instrument and Instructions. (PDF 383 KB)

2001

IM-01-11: Issued : November 30, 2001. Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review Guide. (PDF 86 KB)
IM-01-05: Issued : July 3, 2001. Foster Family Home Licensing Principles for Compliance with Titles IV-B and IV-E Requirements: Guidance for States. (PDF - 14 KB)

2000

IM-00-03: Issued March 16, 2000. Information on Public Law (P.L.) 106-169, the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, Title I, Subtitles A-D; Information on Preliminary Program Implementation and Availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Funds.

1997

IM-97-07: Issued August 29, 1997. Guidance on the Definition of "Federal Means-Tested Public Benefit".

1991

IM-91-11: Issued May 10, 1991. Kinship Foster Care and the Requirements Under Title IV-B, Section 427, of the Social Security Act.

1988

IM-88-12: Issued April 26, 1988. Amendments to Section 102 of P.L. 96-272 and Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (the Act) Resulting from the 1987 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (P.L. 100-203).

1987

IM-87-04: Issued January 28, 1987. P.L. 99-177, the "Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985" ("Gramm-Rudman-Hollings")

1986

IM-86-24: Issued July 30, 1986. Eligibility, for Titles XIX and XX in the Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Programs.

1985

IM-85-34: Issued October 24, 1985. Revision to ACYF IM-85-24 regarding Fiscal Reports for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance.
IM-85-24: Issued August 1, 1985. Revised Fiscal Reports for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance.
IM-85-04: Issued January 25, 1985. Title IV-E Foster Care - Financial Reviews.

1984

IM-84-27: Issued December 12, 1984. Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) Dated September 19, 1984 from the Office of Child Support Enforcement and Implementation of Section 471(a)(17) of Title IV-E.