Resource Library

This is a list of the Out-of-Home Care and Adoption and Guardianship Assistance data elements with response options and regulatory citations as published in the AFCARS final rule issued on December 14, 2016

This is a side-by-side comparison of the AFCARS data elements published in the Appendix to 45 CFR part 1355 and the final rule issued on December 14, 2016 (81 FR 90524).

This is a brief presentation on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting comments and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to provide an additional two fiscal years to comply with the AFCARS requirements in the December 2016 final rule that were published in the Federal Register on March 15, 2018.

This fact sheet provides information about NYTD, the NYTD Reviews, the NYTD Reviewer program, and engaging young people in the NYTD Review process to assist states.

This section includes resources for recruiting and training young people to serve as reviewers on the Federal Review Team for the NYTD Reviews.

This six-part video series provides an overview of the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) and the NYTD Review, a federal review conducted by the Children’s Bureau to assess how states collect and report data on youth transitioning out of foster care.

This is an overview presentation on the AFCARS final rule.

This TB describes how ACF will identify and finalize each cohort of youth in the NYTD follow-up population (or follow-up population sample for those States that opt to sample) for the purposes of assessing States' compliance with NYTD data collection and reporting requirements.

This document supplements the information provided in Child and Family Services Review Technical Bulletin #7.

This webpage includes the documentation from Oregon's Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2013.