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This Program Regulation (PR) implements final fiscal regulation - P.L. 96-272.

This Program Regulation (PR) provides information on the final rule--title IV-E adoption assistance program; nonrecurring expenses.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351) Comprehensive Guidance, Titles IV-B and IV-E Plan Requirements, Title IV-E Plan Amendment – Definition of “Child”, Extension of Title IV-E Assistance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law (P.L.) 111-148).

This document lists the recipients of the 2019 Adoption Excellence Awards and provides a brief description of each recipient’s work.

The report and data visualization below present national estimates related to children who experience time in foster care and who are adopted from the foster care system, relative to each Federal Fiscal Year shown.

This report provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for FY 2022. As states are permitted to resubmit AFCARS data, the estimates may change over time. This report reflects all AFCARS data received as of May 9, 2023 related to AFCARS reporting periods through September 30, 2022.

The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team held their first AFCARS Open Office Hours in 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 January session was 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 report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2009 about the prior relationships of the adoptive parents to the children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2009 about the race and ethnicity of children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2013 about the number of children who are adopted through a public agency and who receive an adoption subsidy.