This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the eligibility requirements and grant application procedures for the State CIP grant for FY 2024, including updating the five-year strategic plan, and to provide guidance on the requirements for state courts to continuously assess and improve the handling of court proceedings related to child welfare and enhance collaboration with title IV-B/IV-E agencies and Tribes. Attachments: A: Application Cover Sheet B: Self-Assessment Template C: Change Management Questions D: Strategic Plan Template E: FY 2022 Allocations for the Court Improvement Program Grants Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance on the eligibility requirements and grant application procedures for the State CIP grant for FY 2023, including updating the five-year strategic plan, and to provide guidance on the requirements for state courts to continuously assess and improve the handling of court proceedings related to child welfare and enhance collaboration with title IV-B/IV-E agencies and tribes. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

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 currently implementing or in process of implementing the program. Other listed Tribes have decided to not to move forward with direct implementation of the title IV-E program at this time. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This document outlines what should be included in the Evaluation Plan, which is due 90 days after the agency awards its evaluation contract. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the requirements for recipients of Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect awards for FY 2021; and provides guidance and instructions for the preparation and submission of the application and annual reports. 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.

In 2024, with HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CS-0053 , the Children's Bureau announced the availability of a new round of 4-year awards providing tribes and tribal consortia the opportunity to improve the handling of American Indian and Alaska Native child welfare cases by tribal courts. The competitive grants support tribal courts to do the following: Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This letter provides guidance to states concerning the Federal Register notice dated September 8, 2003 that brought U.S. Department of Health and Human Services entitlement grant programs under 45 CFR Part 92. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

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.