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This letter from Associate Commissioner Jerry Milner notes that agencies should also be prepared to offer youth assistance with food, health care, and emotional support. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/resource/housing-support-covid-19(Read more)

This section of the Children's Bureau Title IV-E Prevention Program webpage outlines the status of five-year plans submitted by state, jurisdiction or tribal IV-E agencies who are directly operating an... (Read more)

This webpage from the Children's Bureau includes links to the Family First Act law, outlines the federal guidance (program instructions, information memoranda and technical bulletins), includes an overview of the... (Read more)

The Social Innovation Research Center, with support from the IBM Center for the Business of Government, released a new report on the challenge for government policymakers of how to scale... (Read more)

On February 28th, the National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council released a new statement: A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on... (Read more)

The purpose of this Children's Bureau Program Instruction is to provide guidance to state, territorial and tribal title IV-E agencies on the actions required to apply for FY 2020 title... (Read more)

The Children’s Bureau released Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-20-04 to provide guidance to States, Territories and Indian Tribes on the actions required to apply for a one-time Family First Prevention Services Act... (Read more)

In this new publication, from the Birth Parent National Network of the Children's Trust Fund Alliance, parents discuss strategies that can improve the child welfare system as it currently relates... (Read more)

This resource, from the Congressional Research Service, outlines estimated state allocations under the Family First Transition Act (PL 116-94).(Read more)

The Children's Bureau released a new Information Memorandum to provide information to grantees on the formula used to calculate allotments under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful... (Read more)