An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on the change in the allotment of direct grants to eligible Indian Tribes and Indian Tribal Organizations: Section 428 of the Social Security Act.
This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on New Legislation - Public Law 113-183, the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act.
Notice of Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking for collecting and reporting additional data elements related to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in the AFCARS
This Information Memorandum (IM) informs state title IV-E agencies and tribes about the publication of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rule Making (SNPRM) and where to submit comments.
This Information Memorandum (IM) notifies states that the Children’s Bureau is disbursing funding provided under section 437(g) of the Act as an increase in the title IV-B subpart 2 Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program allocation to support an electronic interstate case-processing system to expedite interstate placements of children in foster, guardianship or adoptive homes, and to provide an example of such an electronic interstate system.
This Information Memorandum informs title IV-E agencies that the Children’s Bureau published a NPRM to revise the AFCARS data elements in the Federal Register on April 19, 2019 (84 FR 16572).