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Provides the schedule of the title IV-E foster care eligibility reviews for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

This Information Memorandum informs title IV-E agencies of how the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023 created a transition period for ending the temporary increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage that has been in effect since January 2020 for title IV-E programs.

IM-20-07

2020 Final Rule on Revised AFCARS Data Elements
May 12, 2020

This Information Memoranda (IM) informs title IV-E agencies that the Children’s Bureau (CB) published a final rule to revise the AFCARS data elements in the Federal Register on May 12, 2020.

IM-20-06

Foster Care as a Support to Families
April 29, 2020

This Information Memoranda (IM) provides information on best practices, resources, and recommendations for using foster care as a support for families in a way that mitigates the trauma of removal for the child and parents, expedites safe and successful reunification, and improves parent and child well-being outcomes. This Information Memorandum (IM) emphasizes the importance of state and tribal child welfare communities building and supporting relationships between resource families and parents to facilitate improved engagement of parents, promote timely reunification, build protective capacities in parents, and strengthen overall child and family well-being, while ensuring child safety.

IM-20-03

Strengthening Technology Support for Recruitment, Approval, and Retention of Foster Homes
February 10, 2020

To inform title IV-E agencies on how to use CCWIS, non-CCWIS information systems, websites, and applications to support child welfare program activities related to the recruitment, approval, and retention of foster homes.

This document provides background on AFCARS, the 2019 NPRM, and where to submit comments.

PI-17-05

Summary of the actions required in completion and submission of (1) the third APSR update to the 2015-2019 CFSP, (2) the CAPTA Update, and (3) the CFS-101, Parts I, II, and III.
April 10, 2017

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to states, territories, and insular areas (hereafter “states,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments for federal fiscal year (FY)1 2018 (subject to the availability of appropriations) authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, section 106 of CAPTA, CFCIP and ETV programs.

This document provides background and overview of the final rule.

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides title IV-E agencies that choose to develop a Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) and expect expenditures to meet or exceed thresholds defined in APD regulations with information on the use of an optional checklist to document automated functions as described in CCWIS regulations at 45 CFR 1355.56.

This letter from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families provides guidance to child welfare leaders about recent and upcoming policies regarding educational stability for children in foster care.