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This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2021.

This brief is intended to strengthen how CFSR reviewers make a determination for item 12 of the Onsite Review Instrument and Instructions. Item 12 assesses whether an agency made concerted efforts to (1) assess the needs of children, parents, and foster parents to identify the services necessary to achieve case goals and adequately address the issues relevant to the agency’s involvement with the family and (2) provide the appropriate services.

This publication highlights the efforts of current and former child welfare discretionary grant recipients to develop and implement effective family engagement strategies. Family engagement initiatives described in the document include family navigators, parent cafés, parent and youth advisory councils, and reforms to permanency planning, case management, and agency communication processes.

The CFSR Round 4 Statewide Data Indicators Workbook provides detailed, state-by-state performance on the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) Round 4 statewide data indicators and comparisons to national performance for the most recent 12-month reporting period.

This document provides a summary of Child Welfare Outcomes 2019 Report to Congress.

This Report to Congress provides information on the performance of states on seven national outcome categories and also includes data on contextual factors and findings of analyses conducted across states.

This document outlines what information should be compiled by states in preparation for the case review component of their Child and Family Services Review regarding information about their performance on the assessed child welfare outcomes and evidence required to demonstrate routine statewide functioning of systemic factors.

This guide presents instructions for reviewers to use for foster care and in-home services cases during the onsite review component of the Child and Family Services Reviews.

This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2020.

This workbook provides state-by-state performance data for Round 3 of the Child and Family Services Reviews in addition to national performance comparisons for the past 12-month reporting period included in data profiles transmitted to states in February 2021.