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This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia (tribes) on actions they are required to take in order to receive their allotments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 (subject to the availability of appropriations) authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and/or 2, the CFCIP, and the ETV program. Please note that tribes with either an approved title IV-E plan or a title IV-E tribal/state cooperative agreement or contract have the option to apply to receive FY 2017 CFCIP and/or ETV funds directly from the Secretary. (See Section D of this PI.) This PI summarizes the actions required to complete and submit the APSR and the CFS-101 form, Parts I, II, and III.

This is an overview presentation on the AFCARS SNPRM.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to Tribes on the June 30, 2014 Submission of: (1) the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) Final Report for fiscal years (FYs) 2010-2014; (2) the Child and Family Services Plan for FYs 2015-2019 for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Programs, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and the Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program; and (3) the CFS-101, Part I, Annual Budget Request, Part II, Annual Summary of Child and Family Services, and Part III, Annual Expenditure Report—Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, CFCIP and ETV, as applicable.

The Children's Bureau has provided eight data tables in Excel format as an aid to researchers and others who would like to use the data from the Child Maltreatment 2013 report.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and the Children’s Bureau released a brief on the use of congregate care in the child welfare system. Through examining trends from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), federal, state, and local agencies were able to collect data elements which are designed to help policymakers and advocates better understand the population of children and youth who are likely to experience congregate care and what, if any, additional supports may be needed to further reduce reliance on it as a placement setting.

This document provides background and overview of the final rule.

This document is supplementary material to the primary review of Ohio's Title IV-E foster care program.

The Children's Bureau is announcing the re-issuance of the Guide to the NYTD Review (the Guide), previously issued in January 2017 in ACYF-CB-PI-17-01.

This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of New Jersey’s Title IV-E foster care program.

This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of South Dakota’s Title IV-E foster care program.