Resource Library

This Program Instruction (PI) provides information regarding Adoption Assistance Agreements entered into, on or after October 1, 1983 in which the interests of the child must be adequately protected, regardless of the State of residence of the adoptive parents at any given time.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance on the Transition Rules for Implementing the Title IV-E Termination of Parental Rights Provision in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.

Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System: Challenges and Recommendations for Policy and Practice describes how child welfare agencies can improve diligent recruitment practices and services for resource families. It is based on grantee final reports and published research and presents activities undertaken by grantees, lessons learned, and suggestions for improvement.

This technical bulletin provides agencies with information required to create the AFCARS data files.  It provides technical specifications on the structural layout of the XML data and shares the XML schema for the Out-of-Home Care File and the Adoption and Guardianship Assistance File.  It also covers information on encryption of the file records. This Technical Bulletin was last revised on October 10, 2023.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2010 about the sex of children adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2013 about the time between the termination of parental rights and the adoption finalization for public agency adoptions.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2014 about the race and ethnicity of children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2008 about the number of children who are adopted through a public agency and who receive an adoption subsidy.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2007 about the time between the termination of parental rights and the adoption finalization for public agency adoptions.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2006 about the sex of children adopted through public agencies.