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CCWIS Status

May 25, 2016

This page identifies each state’s current CCWIS standing.

This technical bulletin addresses how to extract data for the Out-of-Home Care and Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Files defined in AFCARS Technical Bulletin #21. Additionally, this document includes guidance on extracting corrected files (previously referred to as subsequent files) after the required AFCARS reporting periods. This technical bulletin was last revised on October 2, 2023.

This webinar was the first session in the AFCARS Final Rule Training Series. This webinar provides an on the overview of Technical Bulletin 20, published October 29, 2020.  It includes a brief description and provides examples for the AFCARS 2020 out-of-home care and adoption and guardianship assistance data elements on the final rule.  It also provided guidance and direction to questions submitted on prior webinars.

SACWIS Transfer Systems

September 5, 2013

State Automated Child Welfare Information Systems (SACWIS) Transfer Systems identifies state’s system history.

The Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) is comprised of two major databases; the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) and the Federal Case Registry (FCR).

The webinar "GIS for the Advancement of Child Welfare" describes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial data and how they are used in child welfare.

This technical bulletin gives reporting instructions and provides examples for the AFCARS 2020 out-of-home care and adoption and guardianship assistance data elements. The regulation for each element is shown in a blue box. Following the regulation language, CB provides explanatory text, examples, differences between AFCARS 1993 and AFCARS 2020, and data reporting standards. This Technical Bulletin was last revised on January 14, 2022.

Through the webinar series, “Back to Basics”, the Division of State Systems within the Children’s Bureau, is offering a venue for information sharing and discussion. The first webinar of the series, “Fundamentals for a Child Welfare IT Manager”, reviews the key competencies of this role, highlighting the importance of different skill sets at different project life cycle stages.

This webinar, sponsored by the Children's Bureau's Division of State Systems, addresses the management of action plans as small projects.

This webinar unravels the mysteries of the CMMI model. Our presenter reviewed how CMMI fits with project management principles and Agile life-cycle development. Participants developed an understanding of the different CMMI levels and the steps that organizations must take to achieve each level of certification. The speaker provided CMMI tools and processes that can be used even by agencies that choose not to pursue the CMMI credential.