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This webpage includes the documentation from California's Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2014.
This report provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for FY 2014. As states are permitted to resubmit AFCARS data, the estimates may change over time.
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 preliminary estimates of AFCARS data for FY 2013. Preliminary reports of AFCARS data include data received by September 30 for the report period ending March 31 and by March 31 for the report period ending September 30.
This report provides preliminary estimates of AFCARS data for FY 2012. Preliminary reports of AFCARS data include data received by September 30 for the report period ending March 31 and by March 31 for the report period ending September 30.
This data brief summarizes changes in the size and racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. foster care population and provides new geographic detail.
This report provides preliminary estimates of AFCARS data for FY 2011. Preliminary reports of AFCARS data include data received by September 30 for the report period ending March 31 and by March 31 for the report period ending September 30.
This report provides final AFCARS data for FY 1998 through FY 2002. Final reports are issued when it appears that States have resubmitted data to the point that outcomes no longer can be improved.
This report provides preliminary estimaes of AFCARS data for FY 2008. Preliminary reports of AFCARS data include data received by September 30 for the report period ending March 31 and by March 31 for the report period ending September 30.
This report presents an analysis of state child welfare data on child substitute care and adoption that was gathered through the Voluntary Cooperative Information System (VCIS) for the years 1990 to 1994.