FFY 2024 AFCARS Foster Care Data ReleaseThis report provides some, but not all, of the same information that is available in the dashboard. All information presented in this report is also available in the dashboard, so the dashboard is the … Read More
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ACF Announces New Best Practices to Strengthen Ombudsman Offices and Improve Child Welfare Outcomes
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) today announced new best practices to help states strengthen child welfare ombudsman offices and use feedback from children, youth and families to improve child welfare systems. “Ombudsman offices can give states an independent … Read More
ACF Adds New Suite of Prevention Services to Strengthen Families and Reduce Foster Care Entries
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced new evidence-based interventions will be added to the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. This expansion of services builds on ACF’s ongoing efforts … Read More
30 States Have Ended the “Orphan Tax,” Preserving Survivor Benefits for Foster Youth
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that 30 states have now ended, or substantially reformed, the practice of diverting Social Security survivor benefits from foster youth. The action … Read More
Highlights From a Decade of the Center’s Research on Supports for Economic Self-sufficiency Among Latino Families With Children
Since 2013, the investigators and collaborators of the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (the Center) have produced research that describes the demographic characteristics of Latino families in households with low incomes, along with their strengths, their economic … Read More
Child Maltreatment
Overview All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories have child abuse and neglect reporting laws that mandate certain professionals and institutions refer suspected maltreatment to a child protective services (CPS) agency. Each state has its own … Read More
NSCAW III Baseline Report (2017-2022): Child and Family Involvement with the Child Welfare System
This report is part of a series describing findings from the third cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW III) baseline data collection. This report provides a summary of the characteristics of the index maltreatment report … Read More
Report to Congress on the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) authorizes community-based programs to provide temporary shelter, counseling, and aftercare services to runaway and homeless youth (RHY). 1 The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), an office of the Administration for Children and … Read More
Building and Sustaining Data Analytics Capacity
INTRODUCTION U.S. states, tribes, and territories regularly send the administrative data they collect from human services programs to federal agencies to meet compliance requirements. Administrative data, however, can be leveraged beyond reporting to gain a deeper understanding of program operations, … Read More
An Introduction to the Child Welfare Community Collaborations Grantees and Strategies
Overview of the Initiative The Child Welfare Community Collaborations (CWCC) initiative is a set of cooperative agreements funded by the Children’s Bureau (CB) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF). CWCC funding … Read More