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This report includes documentation from Delaware’s Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2002.

This report includes documentation from Arizona’s Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2009.

This report provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for FY 2021. As states are permitted to resubmit AFCARS data, the estimates may change over time. This report reflects all AFCARS data received as of June 28, 2022 related to AFCARS reporting periods through September 30, 2021.

This document lists the recipients of the 2022 Adoption Excellence Awards, provides a brief description of each recipient’s work, and features photos and quotes from youth who have been adopted or are waiting for an adoptive family. 

This document discusses how to handle the uncommon situation in which reviewers may receive a case that was opened for both in-home services and foster care during the period under review.

The Cost Allocation Demonstration webinar provided an overview of the Cost Allocation Methodology (CAM) Tool to assist states in allocating system project costs when more than one program benefits.

This fact sheet describes the CFSR process and how community providers can get involved.

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 a summary of Child Welfare Outcomes 2019 Report to Congress.

In intercountry adoption, (i.e., adopting a child from a foreign country), prospective adoptive parents are required to follow the laws in their state, the laws of the child’s country of origin, the policies and regulations of the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and, when appropriate, Hague regulations.