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This data brief summarizes changes in the size and racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. foster care population and provides new geographic detail.
This webpage includes the documentation from Ohio's Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2012:
This webpage includes the documentation from New York's Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2012.
This guide helps title IV-E agencies prepare for an Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review. It includes technical assistance and tools to conduct a self-assessment of a title IV-E agency’s data collection system and guidance for developing a system that supports AFCARS data collection.
This document is a letter from the Children's Bureau to Utah about the state's successful completion of its Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) improvement plan.
The FRU can generate a report that provides an overview of the number and type of raw responses being generated for a particular data element to help title IV-E agencies assess and improve data quality.
The DCU contains the same data compliance checks as the federal AFCARS and creates a report showing if a title IV-E AFCARS file meets federal standards.
This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to states on the June 30, 2011 submission of the Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) required under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act (the Act) for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services (CWS) and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Programs, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) State Grant Program; and the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and the Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program; and the CFS-101, Part I, Annual Budget Request, Part II, Annual Summary of Child and Family Services, and Part III, Annual Expenditure Report—Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CFCIP, and ETV.