Guidance

Children's Bureau released guidance regarding several areas of existing flexibility under title IV-E including enhanced foster care maintenance payment (FCMP) rates, modifying foster family home licensing standards, temporary absences from... (Read more)

This is a letter from Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner of Children’s Bureau, adresses child welfare leaders regarding the availability of federal funding and other resources to assist with the purchase... (Read more)

Guidance is provided here about how caseworkers can determine when inperson home visits are appropriate and how to stay safe when making those visits. This guidance also includes how caseworkers... (Read more)

Children's Bureau released this Program Instruction (PI) to provide guidance to title IV-E agencies that on September 30, 2019 were operating a title IV-E child welfare waiver demonstration project under... (Read more)

This letter from Children's Bureau addresses the fingerprint-based criminal record check requirements of §471(a)(20)(A), (C), and of the Social Security Act (the Act). As well as the requirement that 50... (Read more)

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) recognizes the severe impact of COVID-19 on our grantee community. This page centralizes ACF-wide guidance as it pertains to recipients, i.e., grantees, and... (Read more)

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued initial guidance to aid you in the care of infants whose mothers have suspected or confirmed COVID-19. Read more here(Read more)

The Children's Bureau released a new letter to state and tribal child welfare leaders detailing new flexibilities for Kinship Navigator Programs and Family First Transition Grants in light of the... (Read more)

This All County Letter provides placement preservation and emergency planning guidance to county and tribal child welfare agencies, probation departments, and children’s residential programs and service providers regarding the care... (Read more)

The National Association of Counsel for Children, Children's Rights, Juvenile Law Center, Children's Advocacy Institute, Youth Law Center and the National Center for Youth Law have released a joint statement... (Read more)