AFCARS

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System

Posted by Jamar Little on December 20, 2024 | Featured

This rule finalizes revisions to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations proposed on February 23, 2024. This final rule requires state Title IV-E agencies to collect and report to ACF additional data related to the … Read More

Tags: Adoption, AFCARS, Child Welfare, DCFS, Federal Register, Foster Care, Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), Safety Permanency & Wellbeing, Title IV-E

The AFCARS Report

Posted by Jamar Little on May 1, 2024 | Featured

FY 2022 AFCARS Foster Care Data Release AFCARS Background (AFCARS 1993) The AFCARS final rule was published December 22, 1993; the federal regulations at 45 CFR 1355.40 implemented Section 479 of title IV-E of the Social Security Act. AFCARS was … Read More

Tags: AFCARS, Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, Foster Care, Safety Permanency & Well-being

Adoption And Foster Care Analysis And Reporting

Posted by Jamar Little on April 3, 2024 | Featured

INTRODUCTION The Code Book for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) is a product of National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN). NDACAN is funded by the Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and … Read More

Tags: AFCARS, Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, Foster Care, Kinship Care, Safety Permanency & Wellbeing