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This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of New Jersey’s Title IV-E foster care program.

This report describes the results of the secondary review of Texas' Title IV-E foster care program.

This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of South Dakota’s Title IV-E foster care program.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and the Children’s Bureau released a brief on the use of congregate care in the child welfare system. Through examining trends from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), federal, state, and local agencies were able to collect data elements which are designed to help policymakers and advocates better understand the population of children and youth who are likely to experience congregate care and what, if any, additional supports may be needed to further reduce reliance on it as a placement setting.

This brief presents findings from NYTD surveys completed by Cohort 1 youth at ages 17 and 19, including key comparisons by gender and foster care status.

This report provides an overview of the purpose of the supplementary analysis as well as a summary of key findings. In the supplementary analysis, data from the NIS-4 and the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) were used to examine the comparability of information reported by the two studies on children investigated by Child Protective Services (CPS), including data on the number of children investigated, the dispositional outcome of investigation, the types of maltreatment experienced by children, and the children’s age, sex, and race/ethnicity.

The Nevada Initiative to Reduce Long-Term Foster Care is part of the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII) cross-site and site-specific evaluation. The overview describes the evaluation stages and design to answer questions about the effectiveness of the intervention.

This report provides preliminary estimates of AFCARS data for FY 2013. 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 brief present highlights of State reports from fiscal year 2013 to the National Youth in Transition Database, including information on independent living services paid for or provided to youth.

This webpage includes the documentation from Louisiana's Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2013: