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This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on the implications for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Penalty Processing during Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) Conversion.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance on the Transition Rules for Implementing the Title IV-E Termination of Parental Rights Provision in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on costs made unallowable by P.L. 99-177, the "Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985" ("Gramm-Rudman-Hollings").

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on revised Title IV-E State Plans (SUPERSEDES ACYF-PI-81-2, ACYF-PI-82-01, ACYF-PI-83-6, and ACYF-PI-85-1).

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to States on the June 30, 2014, submission of: (1) the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) Final Report for fiscal years (FYs) 2010-2014 (the “2010-2014 Final Report”) and CAPTA update; (2) the CFSP for FYs 2015-2019 (the “2015-2019 CFSP”) for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services (CWS), the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) and Monthly Caseworker Visit Grant programs; and the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and the Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program; and (3) the CFS-101, Part I, Annual Budget Request, Part II, Annual Summary of Child and Family Services, and Part III, Annual Expenditure Report- Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CFCIP, and ETV.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on the availability of Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2014 funds under the Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect program created by Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) as amended by Public Law (P.L.) 111-320.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to States on the June 30, 2015, submission of: (1) the first Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) to the 2015-2019 Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services (CWS), the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) and Monthly Caseworker Visit Grant programs; and the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and the Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program; (2) the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) State Plan update; and (3) the CFS-101, Part I, Annual Budget Request, Part II, Annual Summary of Child and Family Services, and Part III, Annual Expenditure Report- Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CFCIP, and ETV.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides information on support from state and tribal child welfare information systems for the extension of Medicaid eligibility to young adults formerly in foster care and under age 26.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance regarding the Federal requirements for Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information Systems (SACWIS) projects and the availability of Federal Financial Participation (FFP) based on the status of a State’s project.