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This document is the onsite review instrument for the title IV-E foster care eligibility reviews.

This short, 8-minute technical training video is created by The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team and gives a brief demonstration which shows agencies how to validate their XML files against the XSD. For more information, or to access the XSD, please see AFCARS Technical Bulletin 21.

This technical assistance brief provides information on mapping similarities and difference between NYTD and AFCARS 2020 from the NYTD perspective.

Technical Assistance Brief NYTD Survey Questions

NYTD Technical Assistance Brief #14
February 28, 2023

This technical assistance brief provides a copy of the NYTD survey questions from the NYTD regulation (45 CFR1356.82(a)(2) and (3); Appendix B to Part 1356) and provides a Spanish translation of the survey.

This technical bulletin is a revision to the Technical Bulletin #1 that was originally published on August 19, 2019.  This revised Technical Bulletin #1 provides additional information regarding the file structure for the data elements to be submitted by IV-E agencies for each child who received IV-E prevention services, as required by FFPSA.

The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team held their second AFCARS Open Office Hours for 2023. These sessions are for state and tribal program administrators, child welfare data leaders, and information system programmers. It provides an opportunity to ask questions specific to your agency's implementation of AFCARS 2020. The February session covered the recent changes in Technical Bulletins 20, 21, 22, and 23, as well as additional information presented by the NCWDMS team on how to participate in the pilot and use the National Child Welfare Data Management System (NCWDMS) for AFCARS 2020 reporting.

 

 

This brief discusses different types of incentives and motivators that may be used to obtain optimal response rates for the NYTD youth outcome survey.

NYTD Technical Assistance Brief No. 10

Summary of Guidance, Tips and Recommendations Related to Surveying the Age 19 Follow-up Population
January 30, 2023

This brief summarizes the existing guidance and recommendations related to identifying, sampling, and surveying youth in the follow-up population at age 19.

NYTD Technical Assistance Brief No. 9

Performing quality assurance on baseline outcomes data in preparation for surveying the follow-up population
January 30, 2023

This brief discusses the impact of data quality issues on the size and scope of the baseline population cohort and ways to address them.

NYTD Technical Assistance Brief No. 11

Reporting Youth Record Numbers to NYTD
January 30, 2023

The brief discusses the requirements for reporting NYTD data element 3 (record number) and common mistakes states make in reporting the same record number to NYTD and AFCARS for a youth who is or was in foster care.