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This is a list of the Out-of-Home Care and Adoption and Guardianship Assistance data elements with their definitions as published in the AFCARS final rule issued on December 14, 2016 (81 FR 90524)
This letter to child welfare leaders announces an updated postponement of the Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews and National Youth in Transition Database Reviews due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This letter extends the postponement announced in the March 18, 2020, letter.
This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2017.
This TB provides title IV-E agencies with guidance in encrypting record numbers in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data file submissions.
This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to states on the submission of the Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) on June 30, 2006, as required under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), and the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP), including the ETV program; including the submission of the CFS-101, Parts I and II, Annual Budget Request and Annual Summary of Child and Family Services.
This is a Federal Register notice titled "Request for Public Comment and Consultation Meetings on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)."
AFCARS is the only Federal national data set that collects case level information on all children in foster care and children adopted with the involvement of the title IV-E (child welfare) agency.