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AFCARS Office Hours August - October 2022

AFCARS 2020 Implementation
October 17, 2022

The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team held three AFCARS Open Office Hours for the implementation of AFCARS 2020 in August, September, and October of 2022.  

This short, 30-minute technical training video is created by The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team and gives a brief demonstration which describes basic XML concepts.

The AFCARS Report (TAR) presents a national summary of foster care and adoption counts/data during a given fiscal year. 

This report includes documentation from Arkansas’s Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2001.

AFCARS Report #11

June 30, 2006

This report provides preliminary estimaes of AFCARS data for FY 2004. Preliminary reports of AFCARS data include data received by September 30 for the report period ending March 31 and by March 31 for the report period ending September 30.

This guide helps title IV-E agencies prepare for an Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review. It includes technical assistance and tools to conduct a self-assessment of a title IV-E agency’s data collection system and guidance for developing a system that supports AFCARS data collection.

AFCARS Report #12

July 8, 2012

This report provides final AFCARS data for FY 1998 through FY 2002. Final reports are issued when it appears that States have resubmitted data to the point that outcomes no longer can be improved.

IM-04-04

February 17, 2004

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on The Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-145).

AFCARS Report #23

June 30, 2016

This report provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for FY 2015.

This document provides frequently asked questions about the AFCARS final rule.