• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-02-03

The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) is a federally mandated data collection system intended to provide case specific information on all children covered by the...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

Describes the nature, scope, and impact of interjurisdictional adoption placement efforts and the strategies that improve outcomes for children in foster care who are placed for adoption in other...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2023-07-26

The National Foster Care & Adoption Directory (formerly the National Adoption Directory) offers adoption and foster care resources by State.

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS); Proposed Rule  (PDF) - This notice of proposed rulemaking describes numerous improvements to Adoption and Foster Care...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This Program Instruction (PI) notifies States of the new policy and procedures regarding the collection of funds resulting from penalties being assessed due to a State’s substantial failure to...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

The Survey of National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) Adopted Youth, Young Adults, Adults, and Adoptive Parents (hereafter referred to as “The NSCAW Adoption Study”) seeks to...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

Access the Overview of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Notice of Proposed Rulemaking PowerPoint presentation. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This is a list of the Foster Care and Adoption data elements as currently published in the Appendix to 45 CFR part 1355 .These are the data elements that are currently being reported and...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2023-07-26

The AFCARS Trends Chart tracks children in Foster Care from FY 2002 through the most recent year. A table of data and a graphic depiction of trends are shown for children in care on the first day...

• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This Information Memoranda (IM) provides State, Tribal and Territorial title IV-E agencies an updated Title IV-E Plan Pre-Print for the Foster Care Assistance, Adoption Assistance, Guardianship...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This report outlines the findings of two adoption-research studies conducted as part of The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids. The studies identified the child, family, and agency factors that...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

Report to Congress on the challenges for older children in foster care to achieve permanency and promising strategies being employed across the country to address these issues. Metadata-only...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This Program Instruction (PI) provides State, Territorial, and Tribal title IV-E agencies with the renewed and revised form and instructions approved by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

The Adoption Excellence Awards recognize outstanding accomplishments in achieving permanency for America's children waiting in foster care. An annual program that grew out of the Adoption and Safe...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-29

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information on: 1. The State allotments for AFDC-foster care (FC) under either title IV-E or IV-A for FY81 2. Draft estimates of expenditures and...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

Request for Public Comment and Consultation Meetings on AFCARS  (PDF) - This is a Federal Register notice titled "Request for Public Comment and Consultation Meetings on the Adoption and...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and the Children’s Bureau released a brief on the use of congregate care in the child welfare system....

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This report provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for FY 2016. As states are permitted to resubmit AFCARS data, the estimates may...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This report provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for FY 2017. As states are permitted to resubmit AFCARS data, the estimates may...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

The following Tribes have an approved title IV-E plan to operate a foster care, adoption assistance, and, at Tribal option, guardianship assistance program.* *Note - Tribes listed in bold are...

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