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

This report describes efforts to coordinate the objectives and activities of agencies and organizations responsible for programs related to child abuse and neglect.

This report represents the HHS response to the requirement to conduct a feasibility assessment of the mandated report on shaken baby syndrome, referenced herein primarily as AHT, the more inclusive term recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The assessment included a literature review on incidence of AHT; identification of related federal activities, including activities authorized under CAPTA; stakeholder discussions; and broad consideration of benefits and costs involved.

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 report provides an overview of the purpose of the supplementary analysis as well as a summary of key findings. In the supplementary analysis, data from the NIS-4 and the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) were used to examine the comparability of information reported by the two studies on children investigated by Child Protective Services (CPS), including data on the number of children investigated, the dispositional outcome of investigation, the types of maltreatment experienced by children, and the children’s age, sex, and race/ethnicity.

The Nevada Initiative to Reduce Long-Term Foster Care is part of the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII) cross-site and site-specific evaluation. The overview describes the evaluation stages and design to answer questions about the effectiveness of the intervention.

This report describes efforts to coordinate the objectives and activities of agencies and organizations responsible for programs related to child abuse and neglect.

These short reports summarize findings from State NYTD data submissions compiled by the Children's Bureau.

This report describes efforts to coordinate the objectives and activities of agencies and organizations responsible for programs related to child abuse and neglect.

This report provides a national snapshot of youth preparing to transition from foster care during FFY 2011