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This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to states, territories, and insular areas (hereafter “states,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments for federal fiscal year (FY) 2017 (subject to the availability of appropriations) authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, section 106 of CAPTA, CFCIP and ETV programs. This PI summarizes the actions required in completion and submission of (1) the second APSR to the 2015-2019 CFSP, (2) the CAPTA Update, and (3) the CFS-101, Parts I, II, and III.

The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to: (1) set forth the requirements for recipients of Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect awards for FFY 2016; and (2) provide guidance and instructions for the preparation and submission of the application.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides the eligibility requirements and the grant application procedures for FY 2016 Children’s Justice Act (CJA) grants and to provide the tentative State allocation table.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides an update to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia (tribes) of the basis upon which the allotment authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and/or 2 will be made beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2016 awards, including instructions allowing tribes to self-certify their own population counts.

The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to provide State, Territorial and Tribal title IV-E agencies (hereafter, "title IV-E agencies") with the revised form and instructions approved by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for reporting quarterly financial information on the title IV-E Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance Programs.  This PI also provides guidance for the submission of the Annual Adoption Savings Calculation and Accounting Report for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2015 and for subsequent FFYs.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments.

This Program Instruction provides instruction on some of the changes to the title IV-E plan requirements, effective September 29, 2015 and later, as a result of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides information on support from state and tribal child welfare information systems for the extension of Medicaid eligibility to young adults formerly in foster care and under age 26.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on Adoption Savings Calculation Methodology.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to Tribes on the June 30, 2015, submission of: (1) 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 and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Programs; the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP); and the Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program; and (2) 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, as applicable.