September/October 2015Vol. 16, No. 7CB Website Updates
The Children's Bureau website carries information on child welfare programs, funding, monitoring, training and technical assistance, laws, statistics, research, Federal reporting, and much more.
Recent additions to the site include:
- Grants to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Migrant Programs for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CA-1119 - Funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to provide financial support to selected Tribes, Tribal organizations, and migrant programs for child abuse prevention programs and activities that are consistent with the goals outlined by title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA): http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsforecast/index.cfm?switch=grant.view&gff_grants_forecastInfoID=72983
- Foster/Adoptive Parent Preparation, Training and Development Project HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CO-1122 - FOA to award one cooperative agreement to an organization to develop a state-of-the-art foster/adoptive parent training program: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsforecast/index.cfm?switch=grant.view&gff_grants_forecastInfoID=72986
- State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Implementation Partnership Grants HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CT-1123 - FOA to support the creation of effective practice model partnerships between State courts and/or Court Improvement Programs, State public child welfare agencies, and a Tribe, group of Tribes, or Tribal consortia, including the Tribal child welfare agency and Tribal court, for effective implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 (Pub.L. 95-608): http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsforecast/index.cfm?switch=grant.view&gff_grants_forecastInfoID=72987
- Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on Permanency and Placement Stability for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CW-1126 - FOA to establish a QIC that will conduct four to six projects with State child welfare systems to produce a system of supports and interventions focused on the permanency and stability of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsforecast/index.cfm?switch=grant.view&gff_grants_forecastInfoID=73020
- IM-15-04 - This Information Memorandum (IM) informs State and Tribal title IV-E agencies about State and Tribal Child Welfare Information Systems and Information Security Data Breach Response Plans: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/im1504
- IM-15-05 - This IM provides information on New Legislation - Public Law 114-22, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/im1505
- PI-15-05 - This Program Instruction (PI) provides information on support from State and Tribal child welfare information systems for the extension of Medicaid eligibility to young adults formerly in foster care and under age 26: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/pi1505
- PI-15-08 - This PI provides instruction on Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/pi1508
- Texas Secondary Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review (2015) - This report describes the results of the secondary review of Texas' title IV-E foster care program: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/texas-secondary-title-iv-e-2015
- Texas Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review Report Addendum (2015) - This document is supplementary material to the primary review of the Texas title IV-E foster care program: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/texas-eport-addendum-title-iv-e-2015
- North Carolina Subsequent Primary Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review (2014) - This report describes the results of the subsequent primary review of North Carolina's title IV-E foster care program: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/north-carolina-subsequent-primary-title-iv-e-2014
- Child and Family Services Reviews Fact Sheet for Courts - This fact sheet provides information about the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) for the courts: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/cfsr-fact-sheet-for-courts
- Tri-Agency Letter on Detail of Cost Allocation Waiver - Provides specific exception to the cost allocation requirements set forth in the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87 (Section C.3), which requires benefitting programs to share the costs associated with building State-based information technology systems: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/sacwis-tacwis-other
- Creating Business Intelligence for West Virginia's Bureau for Children and Families - This presentation highlights how data from the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System is transformed into usable information by the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/cwit-creating-business-intelligence
Visit the Children's Bureau website often to see what's new at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb.