November 2023Vol. 24, No. 9CB Website Updates
The Children's Bureau website hosts information on child welfare programs, funding, monitoring, training and technical assistance, laws, statistics, research, federal reporting, and much more.
Recent additions or updates to the site include the following:
- ACF Invitation for Tribal Consultation on Notice of Proposed Rulemakings [Letter to tribal leaders]
- ACF Post-Disaster Housing Resources
- Annual Adoption Savings Calculation and Accounting Report
- CFSR Round 4 Program Improvement Plan Development Guidance
- Child and Family Services Reviews Update Volume 17, Issue 4, September 2023
- Federal Funding to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, Plus (LGBTQIA2S+) Children, Youth, Young Adults, and Families
- "Fundamentals of Change and Implementation in Child Welfare Information Systems" [Webinar recording, presentation slides]
- Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 Adoption Savings Data
- FY 2023 Children's Bureau Discretionary Grant Awards
- Tips for Engaging 17-Year-Olds in the NYTD Survey
- Tips for Using Social Media to Locate and Engage Young People in the NYTD Survey
- Tips for Using Technology to Locate and Engage 19- and 21-Year-Olds in the NYTD Survey
- Title IV-E Programs Expenditure and Caseload Data 2022
- ACF Awards $1.6M to Support First-Ever Federally Funded Program for Medical-Legal Partnerships [Press release]
- The Administration for Native Americans Awards more than $9 Million to Improve Social and Economic Well-Being in Native Communities [Press release]
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces $24.5 Million in Awards in Major Expansion of the Tribal Home Visiting Program [Press release]
- The Biden-Harris Administration Awards $20 Million to Launch First National Center to Support Mental Health Services in the Child Welfare System [Press release]
- Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $2 Million in Digital and School-Based Programs Aimed at Protecting Youth from Human Trafficking [Press release]
- HHS Announces Historic Child Welfare Package to Expand Support and Equity in Child Welfare System [Press release]
- HHS Announces Proposed Regulation to Strengthen Services and Protections for Unaccompanied Children in Its Care [Press release]
- HHS Awards $8.1M to Fund the Third Cohort of the Diaper Distribution Pilot [Press release]
- HHS Awards $9.85 Million to Support Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims and their Children [Press release]
- IM-23-06: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Foster Care Legal Representation
- IM-23-07: Final Rule on Separate Licensing Standards for Relative or Kinship Foster Family Homes
- IM-23-08: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on safe and appropriate foster care placement requirements under titles IV-E and IV-B for children who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, as well as children who are non-binary, or have non-conforming gender identity or expression (LGBTQI+)
- PI-23-10: Title IV-E Plan Amendment–Separate Licensing Standards for Relative or Kinship Foster Family Homes
- "The ABC’s for Back-to-School Preparation for Refugees, Asylees, Parolees, and Others!" [The Family Room blog]
- "ORR’s Resettled Afghan Surveys Reflect High Employment but Needs Remain" [The Family Room blog]
- "Introducing the Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency Learning Agenda" [OPRE Insights blog]
Visit the Children's Bureau website often to see what's new.