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IM-19-04

Evaluation Plan Development Tip Sheet
August 13, 2019

This Information Memorandum provides an Evaluation Plan Development Tip Sheet to assist with developing an evaluation plan.

IM-19-03

Engaging, empowering, and utilizing family and youth voice in all aspects of child welfare to drive case planning and system improvement.
August 1, 2019

The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to demonstrate that family and youth voice are critical to a well-functioning child welfare system and to strongly encourage all public child welfare agencies, dependency courts, and Court Improvement Programs to work together to ensure that family and youth voice are central in child welfare program planning and improvement efforts.

IM-19-02

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on revised AFCARS data elements
April 19, 2019

This Information Memorandum informs title IV-E agencies that the Children’s Bureau published a NPRM to revise the AFCARS data elements in the Federal Register on April 19, 2019 (84 FR 16572 ).

IM-19-01

National Model Foster Family Home Licensing Standards
February 4, 2019

This Information Memorandum (IM) issues National Model Foster Family Home Licensing Standards.

IM-18-05

Strengthening families through primary prevention of child maltreatment and unnecessary parent-child separation
November 16, 2018

This Information Memorandum (IM) strongly encourages all child welfare agencies and Children’s Bureau (CB) grantees to work together with the courts and other appropriate public and private agencies and partners to plan, implement and maintain integrated primary prevention networks and approaches to strengthen families and prevent maltreatment and the unnecessary removal of children from their families.

IM-18-04

FY 2018 funding for state title IV-E/IV-B agencies to develop an electronic interstate case processing system
August 23, 2018

This Information Memorandum (IM) notifies states that the Children’s Bureau is disbursing funding provided under section 437(g) of the Act as an increase in the title IV-B subpart 2 Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program allocation to support an electronic interstate case-processing system to expedite interstate placements of children in foster, guardianship or adoptive homes, and to provide an example of such an electronic interstate system.

IM-18-03

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Final Rule regarding implementation of the Dec. 2016 final rule and Intent to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
August 21, 2018

This Information Memorandum (IM) informs title IV-E agencies of the Children’s Bureau’s intent to publish a NPRM to revise the AFCARS data points. This IM also informs title IV-E agencies of the final rule regarding implementation of the December 2016 AFCARS final rule and briefly summarizes public comments received in response to the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), published in the Federal Register on March 15, 2018 (83 FR 11449).

IM-18-02

NEW LEGISLATION – Public Law 115-123, the Family First Prevention Services Act within Division E, Title VII of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
April 12, 2018

This Information Memorandum (IM) informs States and Tribes of the enactment of the Family First Prevention Services Act and provides basic information on the new law.

IM-18-01

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
March 16, 2018

This Information Memorandum (IM) informs title IV-E agencies of the ANPRM (published on March 15, 2018 and 83 FR 11449) and the NPRM regarding implementation of the December 2016 AFCARS final rule (published on March 15, 2018 and 83 FR 11450).

IM-17-05

Title IV-E Adoption Assistance “Applicable Child” Eligibility Criteria
September 28, 2017

This Information Memorandum (IM) informs title IV-E agencies that for adoption assistance agreements entered into on or after October 1, 2017, eligibility for title IV-E adoption assistance must be determined using the “applicable child” eligibility criteria described in section 473(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act.