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IM-20-06

Foster Care as a Support to Families
April 29, 2020

This Information Memoranda (IM) provides information on best practices, resources, and recommendations for using foster care as a support for families in a way that mitigates the trauma of removal for the child and parents, expedites safe and successful reunification, and improves parent and child well-being outcomes. This Information Memorandum (IM) emphasizes the importance of state and tribal child welfare communities building and supporting relationships between resource families and parents to facilitate improved engagement of parents, promote timely reunification, build protective capacities in parents, and strengthen overall child and family well-being, while ensuring child safety.

IM-08-01

February 26, 2008

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on the final rule for the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD).

IM-04-06

April 8, 2004

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Frequency Utility and Technical Bulletin #12.

IM-00-04

March 30, 2000

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System reissuance of technical bulletins.

IM-96-16

August 27, 1996

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides data dissemination for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)--Report #1.

IM-93-27

December 28, 1993

This Information Memorandum (IM) informs the States of two final rules for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) and the Statewide Automated child Welfare Information System (SACWIS).