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This letter from the Social Security Administration and the Administration for Children and Families describes how state and tribal title IV-E agencies that serve as representative payees for children receiving Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits, must manage those benefits.

This letter from the Children's Bureau shares information and resources to support Title IV-B/IV-E agencies in embedding equity in their response to emergencies and natural disasters.

This letter from the Children's Bureau shares resources to aid jurisdictions as they develop their title IV-E prevention plans. 

This joint letter from the Children’s Bureau and the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides recommendations regarding the practice of title IV-E agencies securing an assignment of the rights to child support for a child receiving title IV-E foster care maintenance payments. 

This letter from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) describes a partnership between ACF and the U.S. Department of Treasury to encourage tenants and landlords to take advantage of emergency rental assistance available through the American Rescue Plan Act.
This letter from the Children's Bureau urges all child welfare administrators to work with state and local public health departments to ensure equitable access to vaccinations for all involved with the child welfare system.

This letter from the Children’s Bureau to child welfare directors describes updates made to the Foster Youth to Independence initiative, which is coordinated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is designed to prevent and end homelessness among youth with a current or prior history of child welfare involvement.

This letter from the Children’s Bureau encourages agencies and courts to continue working together to ensure judicial hearings and reviews proceed and critical judicial oversight occurs in child welfare proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This letter to child welfare leaders from the Children’s Bureau addresses allowing title IV-E prevention programs and services to be adapted to a virtual environment to provide needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This letter from the Children’s Bureau to child welfare leaders summarizes the major themes from 12 roundtable discussions with youth in or formerly in foster care about issues and challenges they are facing.