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This Program Regulation (PR) provides information on the final rule--title IV-E adoption assistance program; nonrecurring expenses.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351) Comprehensive Guidance, Titles IV-B and IV-E Plan Requirements, Title IV-E Plan Amendment – Definition of “Child”, Extension of Title IV-E Assistance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law (P.L.) 111-148).

The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team held their first AFCARS Open Office Hours in 2023. These sessions are for state and tribal program administrators, child welfare data leaders, and information system programmers. It provides an opportunity to ask questions specific to your agency's implementation of AFCARS 2020. The January session was presented by the NCWDMS team on how to participate in the pilot and use the National Child Welfare Data Management System (NCWDMS) for AFCARS 2020 reporting.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2009 about the prior relationships of the adoptive parents to the children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2009 about the race and ethnicity of children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2013 about the number of children who are adopted through a public agency and who receive an adoption subsidy.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2008 about the prior relationships of the adoptive parents to the children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2008 about the race and ethnicity of children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2008 about the sex of children adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2008 about the time between the termination of parental rights and the adoption finalization for public agency adoptions.