Federal HHS/ACYF/CB

This IM from the federal Children's Bureau to States & Tribes about the research and positive reunification outcomes associated with frequent & quality visitation. The purpose of this memorandum is... (Read more)

Article featured in Children's Bureau Express, written by Associate Commissioner Jerry Milner and Special Assistant, David Kelly from the Children's Bureau on the role of poverty in child welfare, and... (Read more)

This brief, from the Office of Human Services Policy, summarizes the challenges involved in serving rural child welfare-involved families with substance use issues. It highlights differences between rural and non-rural... (Read more)

The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to provide general information on the title IV-E prevention program data collection timelines the Children’s Bureau (CB) will use to manage data submission.(Read more)

This Information Memorandum was released by the Children's Bureau on January 22, 2020. The IM is regarding new legislation passed in December 2019: Public Law (P.L.) 116-94 Family First Transition Act.(Read more)

This report, from the Administration of Children & Families, is the 29th edition of the annual Child Maltreatment report. States provide the data for this report through the National Child... (Read more)

TO: State and Tribal Agencies Administering or Supervising the Administration of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act SUBJECT: Transitional Payments for the Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Programs LEGAL AND... (Read more)

New questions and answers have been posted to the Child Welfare Policy Manual. The two questions are focused on allowable administrative and training costs (8.6C.1 ) Question: May a title... (Read more)

This recording is from the National Judicial Leadership Summit which convened in September 2019. Theme 3 of the convening was "Safely Preventing the Unnecessary Entry of Children into Foster Care... (Read more)

The following Q/A has been added to the Child Welfare Policy Manual and can be found on the Children’s Bureau website in the recently added Section 8.6 “Title IV-E Prevention... (Read more)