Electronic Reading Room

All Offices

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has program offices specialized in their missions supporting a variety of initiatives that empower families and individuals and improve access to services in order to create strong, healthy communities

• ACF FOIA Annual Reports
• Reports to Congress
• Policy Documents

*The largest number of requests come for one of these three offices:

Most requested topics:

Children's Bureau (CB)

CB focuses on improving the lives of children and families through programs that reduce child abuse and neglect, increase the number of adoptions, and strengthen foster care.

Adoption and Foster Care

• Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) technical bulletins and instructions

Child Welfare

• Contact Information for the Child Welfare Information Gateway

Office of Head Start (OHS)

OHS manages grant funding and oversees local agencies providing Head Start services. Head Start promotes school readiness of children under five from low-income families through education, health, social, and other services.

Grants

• Head Start Grantee Monitoring Reports

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

ORR helps new populations maximize their potential in the United States by linking them to critical resources that assist them in becoming integrated members of American society.

Unaccompanied Children Program

• The Policy Guide
• Records Relating to Individual Unaccompanied Children for the Period they are in ACF Custody

Reproductive Services for Unaccompanied Minors

• Heightened Medical Services Policy
• Litigation Filings in ACLU v. Price
• Documents for Congress
• 2008 Medical Service Requiring Heightened ORR involvement memo