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Legislation, Policy, and Technical Bulletins Related to the CFSRs

Federal Register Announcements

• Data Indicators for the second round of CFSRs - A Federal Register Notice pertaining to the data indicators for the second round of the Child and Family Services Review was published on January 23 providing corrected information to the original Notice published on June 7, 2006. The corrected information is specifically highlighted in the PDF version. (PDF - 193 KB)
• Child Welfare Final Rule - Information from the Federal Register on the Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews and Child and Family Services State Plan Reviews; Final Rule (PDF - 492 KB)
• Adoption and Safe Families Act - Full text of the Adoption and Safe Families Act.

Information Memorandum

• IM 09-01: Issued: February 27, 2009. Measuring Round One Program Improvement Plan (PIP) Improvement for Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) Using Round Two Revised National Standards. (PDF - 62 KB)
• IM 07-08: Issued: October 8, 2007. Guidance and Suggested Format for Program Improvement Plans in Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSRs)
  (PDF - 180 KB)
• IM 07-05: Issued: June 29, 2007. Measuring Program Improvement Plan (PIP) Improvement for the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) National Standards.
  (PDF - 24 KB)
• IM-02-04 - Guidance and Suggested Format for Program Improvement Plans in Child and Family Services Reviews.
  (Word - 341 KB) or (PDF - 48 KB)
• IM-02-02 - Time Frames for Data Profiles and Selecting Cases for the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs).
  (PDF - 83 KB)
• IM-01-07 - Updated National Standards for the Child and Family Services Reviews and Guidance on Program Improvement Plans (the guidance refers to the amount of improvement necessary toward meeting the national standards through a PIP).
  (PDF - 142 KB)
• IM-01-06 - Guidance and Suggested Format for Program Improvement Plans in Child and Family Services Reviews.
  (PDF - 17 KB)

Technical Bulletins

• CFSR Technical Bulletin #1: Implementation Training - This presentation discusses the changes ACF will implement during the second round of the CFSRs (PDF - 246 KB)
• CFSR Technical Bulletin #2 (October 2006) - This Technical Bulletin clarifies ACF's approach and the specific time periods that will be used to select a sample of cases that represent recent child welfare practice for the next series of Child and Family Services Reviews. (PDF - 22 KB)
• CFSR Technical Bulletin #3 (February 2009) - This Technical Bulletin clarifies ACF's approach to determining and approving degrees of improvement and attainment of goals for Program Improvement Plans (PIPs) for the second round of the Child and Family Services Reviews. (PDF - 63 KB)
• CFSR Technical Bulletin #4 (June 2009) - This Technical Bulletin contains updated general instructions for Program Improvement Plan monitoring, evaluation, and renegotiation. It includes technical information for States and Children's Bureau Regional Offices (CBROs) about monitoring, reporting, and using a matrix spreadsheet for Program Improvement Plan submissions. (PDF - 43 KB)

Background Papers, executive summaries and press releases related to the CFSR

National Standards Round 1
Background Paper: Child and Family Services Reviews National Standards - The national standards are based on information that is reported by States to the Detailed Case Data Component of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS).

Child Welfare Final Rule (Executive Summary) - Issued January 25, 2000

Statutes

• ACF Press Release - Issued January 25, 2000, this press release discusses the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issuing "Final Child Welfare Regulations to Improve Services and Outcomes for Children."