Program Instructions

Children’s Bureau Federal Instruction on Program Instruction (ACYF-CB-PI-21-05) released to instruct title IV-E agencies on actions needed to receive title IV-E Kinship Navigator funding under the provisions of Section 8,... (Read more)

The Children’s Bureau issued guidance and instruction related to the Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act, Division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law (P.L.)... (Read more)

Children's Bureau released new Program Instruction (PI) to provide guidance to agencies administering title IV-B, subpart 1 of the Act (the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program) on the... (Read more)

The Children’s Bureau has released the attached new Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-19-04, which provides guidance to tribes on requirements for submission of: The Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) Final Report... (Read more)

The Children’s Bureau has released the attached new Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-19-02, which provides guidance to State title IV-B/IV-E agencies on requirements for submission of: The Child and Family Services Plan... (Read more)

The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to provide guidance to state, territorial and tribal title IV-E agencies on the actions required to apply for title IV-B, subpart 2... (Read more)

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instructions to state title IV-E agencies on the title IV-E prevention program requirements. Download ACYF-CB-PI-18-09 here Attachment B Attachment C ATTACHMENT I. STATE TITLE IV-E... (Read more)

To instruct tribal title IV-E agencies administering or supervising the administration of title IV-E under sections 479B and 471(a) of the Act on the title IV-E prevention program requirements. Attachment... (Read more)

To instruct title IV-E agencies on the requirements for participating in the Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program. Attachment B: Title IV-E Plan Pre-Print Attachment XII - Kinship Navigator Program (Fillable)... (Read more)

On November 30, 2018, the Children’s Bureau issued a program instruction on how title IV-E agencies may participate in this new title IV-E program. View the Program Instructions(Read more)