Resource Library

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

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 letter from the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urges state Governors to classify child welfare workers and service providers as level 1 emergency responders to allow them greater access to personal protective equipment.

This letter from the Children’s Bureau describes how title IV-E agencies can utilize enhanced foster care programs during the COVID-19 pandemic to support youth who have left or may leave foster care.

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.

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 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 from the Children’s Bureau encourages state court administrators and chief justices to engage their Court Improvement Programs to assist dependency courts in their response to COVID-19, particularly in acquiring and supporting telework and video-conferencing equipment and software to continue case oversight.

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.