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 (OMB) for reporting quarterly financial information on the title IV-E Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, Guardianship Assistance, Kinship Navigator and Prevention Services Programs, as well as annual reporting data for Adoption Savings. ACF-ACYF-CB-PI-24-09 supersedes ACYF-CB-PI-21-08. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

All title IV-E agencies (states, territories, and tribes) report financial information on a quarterly basis for the title IV-E Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, Guardianship Assistance, Prevention Services, and Kinship Navigator programs using Form CB-496. Title IV-E agencies also provide information on adoption savings, derived from the title IV-E Adoption Assistance program, using Form CB-496. A summary of the adoption-savings data is posted on the Children’s Bureau website Adoption Savings Data. Form CB-496 quarterly reporting includes costs (expenditures and next-quarter estimates) and caseload data in various funding categories. All expenditures are actual payments made to foster parents, adoptive parents, legal guardians, vendors, service providers, and contractors or actual payments for agency administrative, personnel, or other allowable cost items that are allocable to the program in accordance with an approved or pending cost allocation plan or negotiated indirect cost rate. Expenditures are reported as “total computable,” which includes both the federal and tribal/state shares and the federal share, which is computed using the appropriate federal medical assistance percentage or federal financial participation rate costs as specified in statute. Caseload data include the average monthly number of children for whom specified title IV-E expenditures were made. Some reported caseload data cover all children receiving assistance or services in the program area, including those who are not title IV-E eligible. A copy of Form CB-496, including detailed instructions for completing the form, can be found in Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-21-08. Beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2019, the Children’s Bureau posts an annual FY summary of Form CB-496 expenditures and caseloads as reported by each title IV-E agency. Posted data tables include the combination of current-quarter and prior-quarter adjustment expenditures and current-quarter caseload data as delineated in quarterly Form CB-496 submissions for each FY. Actual funding provided to each title IV-E agency for each identified program can differ from the reported expenditure amount if the Administration for Children and Families determines that some portion of the claims are not allowable. Beginning in FY 2022, the Children's Bureau is also providing a summary chart showing trends in claims for each of the title IV-E programs over the past five years. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This report describes the results of the primary review of Indiana's Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This TB addresses the extraction of data for submission to the Federal Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This is an overview presentation on the AFCARS SNPRM. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of Maine’s Title IV-E foster care program. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to inform title IV-E agencies that a NPRM was published proposing to amend the AFCARS regulations to require state title IV-E agencies to collect and report data elements related to the procedural protections of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). This NPRM was published in the Federal Register on February 23, 2024 (89 FR 13652 ). Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This webpage includes the documentation from Louisiana's Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) assessment review for fiscal year 2013: AFCARS Assessment Review Letter AFCARS Assessment Review Report Tab A - Detailed Findings Findings Instructions Section I AFCARS Assessment Review Findings - General Requirement Section II AFCARS Assessment Review Findings - Foster Care and Adoption Elements Section III AFCARS Case File Summary Report AFCARS Assessment Review Case File Findings - Foster Care and Adoption Elements Tab B - AFCARS Improvement Plan Improvement Plan Instructions Section I AFCARS Assessment Review Improvement Plan - General Requirements Section II AFCARS Assessment Review Improvement Plan - Foster Care and Adoption Elements Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This Information Memorandum (IM) is to remind state and tribal title IV-E agencies of the school enrollment and educational stability requirements for students in foster care included in the title IV-E and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.