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This document provides federal and state-specific case elimination criteria as well as guidance for developing and implementing procedures to document, apply, track, and report case elimination for round 4 of the Child and Family Services Reviews.

This TB provides updates on the measurement and case review sampling framework for CFSR Round 4. The primary purpose is to announce CFSR Round 4 statewide data indicator (SWDI) national performance values. This amendment also provides other updates and clarification regarding technical aspects of measurement and sampling. A table is included in the amendment that identifies substantial changes to the original bulletin.

This issue of Child and Family Services Reviews Update contains the following sections: New Resources Added to CFSR Information, Portal Round 4 OMS: Preparing for Launch This Summer, Round 4 Data Profiles Coming in August 2022, and CFSR Unit Members and States.

This document provides details on how states and the Children's Bureau will work to verify each state's ability to meet the case review criteria to conduct a State-Led Review for CFSR Round 4.

This page contains information relevant to Round 4 of the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs), expected to launch in FY 2023.

This document outlines what information should be compiled by states in preparation for the case review component of their Child and Family Services Review regarding information about their performance on the assessed child welfare outcomes and evidence required to demonstrate routine statewide functioning of systemic factors.

This guide presents instructions for reviewers to use for foster care and in-home services cases during the onsite review component of the Child and Family Services Reviews.

This workbook provides state-by-state performance data for Round 3 of the Child and Family Services Reviews in addition to national performance comparisons for the past 12-month reporting period included in data profiles transmitted to states in February 2021.

This report analyzes the round 3 results from the Child and Family Services Reviews, highlights improvement projects from across the country, and provides recommendations for collaborations between child welfare agencies and the legal and judicial communities.

This report uses Round 3 (2015—2018) CFSR results to understand how, how often, and how well child welfare systems helped to promote and preserve children’s connections in four areas: with parents; with siblings; with extended family; and with children’s community, culture, school, and friends. In each area, data from Round 3 of the CFSRs provides information about state child welfare systems.