June 2024Vol. 25, No. 5Children's Bureau 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.
The following list includes recent additions or updates to the Children’s Bureau site and a selection of recent items from the Administration for Children and Families:
Children’s Bureau:
- Call for Nominations: Adoption Excellence Awards [Nominations must be received by July 1, 2024.]
- IM-24-03: Supporting Families Impacted by Domestic Violence: Opportunities to Partner With Families to Promote Family Violence Prevention Programs and Services
- IM-24-04: Final Rule on Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children
- IM-24-05: Final Rule on Foster Care Legal Representation
- 2024 Adoption Excellence Awards Nomination Guidelines and Forms (All nominations must be received by Friday, July 1, 2024)
- PI-24-07: State Requirements for Electing Title IV-E Prevention and Family Services and Programs
- 2024 National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Notice of Funding Opportunity Frequently Asked Questions
- 2024 Tribal Court Improvement Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Frequently Asked Questions
- Annual Report to Congress on State Child Welfare Expenditures Reported on the CFS-101 (2023)
- Tips for Using and Supplementing NYTD Data Snapshots
- FY2024 Discretionary Grant Forecasts and Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs)*:
- The National Center for Tribal Child Welfare Innovation and Advancement (HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0067)
- National Child Welfare Center for Court Innovation and Advancement (HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0066)
- National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0052)
- State-Tribal Partnerships to Implement Best Practices in Indian Child Welfare (HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CW-0056)
- Tribal Court Improvement Program (HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CS-0053)
Administration for Children and Families:
- ACF Healthy Equity Factsheet
- ACF Policy for Requesting an Exemption From Required Electronic Application Submission
- Applying Insights From Human Connection and Co-Regulation: Supporting Fathers in Human Services Programs
- Building and Sustaining Data Analytics Capacity: The TANF Data Collaborative Pilot Initiative Final Report
- Employment and Parenting Services for Noncustodial Parents: A Descriptive Study
- Enhancing Cultural Responsiveness in Social Service Agencies
- The Five Phases of Successful Data Analytics: TANF Data Collaborative Pilot Resources Toolkit
- Funding Sources and TTA: Do Head Start Grant Recipients Access Different TTA Depending on the Funding Sources They Receive?
- NSCAW III Baseline Report (2017-2022): Introduction to NSCAW III
- Understanding Planning for Tribal Home Visiting Implementation: A Report from the Multi-Site Implementation Evaluation of Tribal Home Visiting
- Using Data to Enhance Equity in Child Welfare: Findings From an Environmental Scan
- The What, Why, and How of Collecting and Analyzing Demographic Data to Improve Equity in Child Welfare
- Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule to Strengthen Protections for Youth in the Child Welfare System [Press release]
- HHS Finalizes Rule to Strengthen Services and Protections for Unaccompanied Children in Its Care [Press release]
- The Administration for Children and Families and Raikes Foundation Launch the National Prevention Learning Collaborative on Youth Homelessness [Press release]
- "ACF Takes Action to Increase Support for Child Care Providers" [The Family Room blog]
- "National Convening on Kinship Care - Forging the Future: A Kin-First Approach in Child Welfare" [The Family Room blog]
Visit the Children's Bureau website often to see what's new.
*Visit grants.gov for the latest information.
