The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008 [P.L. 110- 351] authorizes tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia to apply for direct funding for Title IV-E foster care and adoption assistance funds. This paper describes the...
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (H.R. 6893) (the FCA or Fostering Connections Act) was signed into law on October 7, 2008, as Public Law 110-351. FCA amended parts B...
Developing tribal capacity to understand and conduct research and evaluation in tribal communities is an exercise in sovereignty. These resources can provide information to get you started. Resource Link: Research and Evaluation in Native Communities Author: Center...
This Child Welfare Policy Manual contains policy questions and answers applicable to child welfare programs operated by the Children’s Bureau. The manual is broken down into nine main policy areas (with detailed subsections): AFCARS, CAPTA, Independent...
This Program Instruction (PI) provides a comprehensive title IV-E plan pre-print to replace previous title IV-E plan preprints and amendments and provide instructions to title IV-E agencies on optional and required changes to title IV-E plan requirements. Resource...
This PI provides information on the applicable cost allocation requirements to Tribes that are operating or planning to operate a title IV-E program pursuant to section 479B of the Act. The PI addresses the cost allocation requirements that must be met and the...
The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to provide title IV-E agencies comprehensive information on the provisions of titles IV-B and IV-E as a result of the amendments made by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, P.L....
The Children’s Bureau produced this Guide to an AFCARS Assessment Review to provide guidance to title IV-E agency child welfare program and technology staff regarding the AFCARS Assessment Review process. Revisions in this edition are based on the Children’s Bureau’s...
This Technical Bulletin provides overview information on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) foster care and adoption data elements. The included table lists all of the sixty-six foster care and the thirty-seven adoption data elements...
