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The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team held three AFCARS Open Office Hours for the implementation of AFCARS 2020 in August, September, and October of 2022.
This short, 30-minute technical training video is created by The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team and gives a brief demonstration which describes basic XML concepts.
This report includes documentation from Arkansas’s Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2001.
This report provides preliminary estimaes of AFCARS data for FY 2004. Preliminary reports of AFCARS data include data received by September 30 for the report period ending March 31 and by March 31 for the report period ending September 30.
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 report provides final AFCARS data for FY 1998 through FY 2002. Final reports are issued when it appears that States have resubmitted data to the point that outcomes no longer can be improved.
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)