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PI-18-09

State Requirements for Electing Title IV-E Prevention and Family Services and Programs
November 30, 2018

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instructions on the requirements state title IV-E agencies must meet when electing the title IV-E prevention and family services and programs

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.

This document provides the schedule of the title IV-E foster care eligibility reviews for fiscal year 2019.

PI-18-07

Public Law 115-123, the Family First Prevention Services Act
July 9, 2018

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction for: 1) changes to the title IV-E plan requirements as a result of the Family First Prevention Services Act that are effective as of January 1, 2018 and later; and 2) delayed effective dates for title IV-B/E plan requirements.

PI-18-06

Additional information and instructions for the Annual Progress and Services Report
May 31, 2018

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to states, territories, and insular areas (hereafter "states," unless otherwise noted) administering titles IV-B and IV-E of the Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) and to Indian Tribes, Indian Tribal Organizations, or Indian Tribal Consortia (hereafter "tribes" unless otherwise noted) administering titles IV-B and IV-E of the Act of changes in law and funding affecting the information that must be submitted with the Annual Progress and Services Report due June 30, 2018.

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.

This guide is intended for use during the onsite visit to collect information that describes the state’s National Youth in Transition Database (NTYD) implementation and ongoing efforts from a variety of perspectives.

This document provides the schedule of the title IV-E foster care eligibility reviews for fiscal year 2018.

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.

IM-17-04

Title IV-E Child Welfare Demonstration Project Requests for Extensions – Procedures and Criteria
September 22, 2017

This IM alerts title IV-E agencies to updated and streamlined procedures that the Department of Health and Human Services will follow in considering requests to extend child welfare waiver demonstration projects approved under the authority of section 1130 of the Social Security Act.