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The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to inform state and tribal title IV-B and title IV-E agencies of a final rule issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that implements Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973  (Section 504). 

This technical assistance document provides guidance around the human centered design (HCD) methodology, user experience (UX) methods and outcomes, integrating HCD and UX into Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS), incorporating Lived Experience into UX, user research methods, and how to request technical assistance around these concepts.

This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2022.

The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to instruct tribal title IV-E agencies administering or supervising the administration of title IV-E under sections 479B and 471(a) of the Act on the title IV-E prevention program requirements, the exemption of tribal title IV-E agencies from the evaluation waiver and continuous quality improvement requirements, and on the flexibility title IV-E agencies may provide to tribes with whom they have agreements under section 472(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act. This PI supersedes ACF-ACYF-CB-PI-18-10 issued November 30, 2018, upon publication.

The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to instruct state title IV-E agencies on the title IV-E prevention program requirements and on the flexibility such agencies may provide to tribes with whom they have agreements under section 472(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act. ACF-ACYF-CB-PI-24-10 supersedes ACF-ACYF-CB-PI-24-07 issued May 21, 2024, upon publication.

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, Adoption Assistance, Guardianship Assistance and Kinship Navigator programs.

The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to inform title IV-E agencies that a final rule was published amending the AFCARS regulations to require state title IV-E agencies to collect and report data elements related to the procedural protections of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). This final rule was published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2024 (89 FR 96569).

On November 22nd, 2024 the Children's Bureau released a Dear Colleague Letter pertaining to the recent guidance issued by the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services that emphasized the importance of the new CMS guidance, specifically for child welfare leaders seeking to address health care needs, both as a strategy for preventing entry into the child welfare system, as well as for addressing the needs of children and youth in foster care.

This document lists the recipients of the 2024 Adoption Excellence Awards and provides a brief description of each recipient’s work.

This Information Memorandum (IM) notifies child welfare agencies about the release of updated nonregulatory guidance: Nonregulatory Guidance: Ensuring Educational Stability and Success for Students in Foster Care.