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Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
The Children and Families Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 5, 2024. It took effect on February 3, 2025.
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What the agency says
This rule finalizes revisions to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations proposed on February 23, 2024. This final rule requires state title IV-E agencies to collect and report to ACF additional data related to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) for children in the AFCARS Out-of-Home Care Reporting Population.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-28072
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration
- Published
- December 5, 2024
- Takes effect
- February 3, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective on February 3, 2025 except for the amendments to Sec. 1355.44 (amendatory instruction 3), which are effective as of October 1, 2028.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0970-AC98
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 45 CFR 1355
- Topics
- Child welfare; Grant programs-social programs
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 22
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