Resource Library

Further refine results by entering a keyword or selecting filters.

Sort Results

Displaying 31 - 40 of 653

This Information Memorandum (IM) informs title IV-E agencies that a NPRM was published proposing to allow title IV-E agencies to adopt foster family home licensing or approval standards for foster family homes of relatives or kin that differ from non-relative foster family homes standards; to require equal foster care maintenance payments (FCMP) in these homes, and to make a technical change.

The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to set forth the eligibility requirements and grant application procedures for the State CIP grant for FY 2024, including updating the five-year strategic plan, and to provide guidance on the requirements for state courts to continuously assess and improve the handling of court proceedings related to child welfare and enhance collaboration with title IV-B/IV-E agencies and Tribes.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to Indian Tribes, Indian Tribal Organizations and Indian Tribal Consortia (hereafter “tribes,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, and Chafee and ETV programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (subject to the availability of appropriations).

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 2024 (subject to the availability of appropriations) authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, section 106 of CAPTA, Chafee and ETV programs.

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.

This joint Information Memorandum (IM) from the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF); Children’s Bureau (CB); Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB); and the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides an overview of federal statutes related to human trafficking among children and youth in the child welfare system and highlights resources to meet those requirements.

This Information Memorandum presents guidance to agencies administering Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention programs and Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act State Grants on the use of supplemental funding provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

This joint letter from the Children’s Bureau and the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides recommendations regarding the practice of title IV-E agencies securing an assignment of the rights to child support for a child receiving title IV-E foster care maintenance payments. 

This Information Memorandum presents the Tribal Readiness Assessment Tool for the Title IV-E Program to help tribes explore areas where they have significant infrastructure in place and areas where additional capacity is needed before beginning to operate a title IV-E program.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to state, territorial and tribal title IV-E agencies on the actions required to apply for title IV-B, subpart 2 funding to support the development, enhancement or evaluation of kinship navigator programs.  These are federal fiscal year (FY) 2022 funds, provided in P.L. 117-103, Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, enacted March 15, 2022.