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IM-03-01

March 25, 2003

This Information Memoradum (IM) reiterates support for the Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA), as amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.

PI-04-03

March 23, 2004

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction on the procedures for the Implementation of the Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-145).

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.

The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team held their final 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 April session covered questions and answers, as well as updates from NCWDMS.

About AFCARS

July 2, 2012

This document provides general information about the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS).

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2010 about the number of children who are adopted through a public agency and who receive an adoption subsidy.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2010 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 2010 about the race and ethnicity of children who were adopted through public agencies.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2009 about the number of children who are adopted through a public agency and who receive an adoption subsidy.

This report provides state-specific data from fiscal year 2009 about the sex of children adopted through public agencies.