Guidance Table

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Topic	Published Date	Federal Guidance Type	Description

Adoption	09/01/2009	ACF-CB-IM-09-03	Extends the Adoption Incentive Program through FY 2013, updates the "base year" used to measure increases to FY 2007, doubles incentive payment amounts for special needs and older child adoptions and creates a "highest ever" foster child adoption rate.
Adoption, Kinship/Guardianship	03/24/2009	ACF-CB-PI-09-04	Provides the title IV-E Form ACF-IV-E-1 Interim Financial Reporting Instructions Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance Programs.
Adoption, Education, Health, Kinship/Guardianship, Older Youth, Training, Tribal	10/14/2009	ACF-CB-PI-09-08	Provides a revised Title IV-E plan pre-print that incorporates the statutory provisions made by Public Law 110-351 which are effective through fiscal year 2010.
Adoption	08/26/2009	ACYF-CB-PI-09-10	Establishes new criteria associated with the delinking of Adoption Assistance eligibility AFDC eligibility requirements, phased in over time beginning in FY 2010.
Adoption, Education, Health, Kinship/Guardianship, Older Youth, Training, Tribal	07/09/2010	ACF-CB-PI-10-11	The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to provide title IV-E agencies comprehensive information on the provisions of titles IV-B and IV-E as a result of the amendments made by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, P.L. 110-351. In addition to providing new guidance on the option for a title IV-E agency to extend assistance for the foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and/or kinship guardianship programs to an eligible youth age 18 and older up to age 21, this instruction provides additional guidance on the other provisions of P.L. 110-351 and the flexibilities afforded to a title IV-E agency in complying with the law. This instruction also provides instruction on changes to the titles IV-B/IV-E plan requirements as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148).
Adoption	09/01/2009	Adoption Incentives Program Grantees	States that received 2009 Incentive Awards
Adoption	01/10/2012	ACF-CB-PI-11-07	H.R. 2883, the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, reauthorized title IV-B of the Social Security Act, effective October 1, 2011. Among other things, the new law amends case plan and case review system requirements and the Adoption Assistance Program reinvestment requirements in title IV-E of the Social Security Act. Below, please find links to ACYF-CB-PI-11-07 which contains changes to the title IV-E plan requirements as a result of H.R. 2883 and a title IV-E plan amendment that incorporates the new statutory requirements. Please note that title IV-E agencies are required to submit the plan amendment to the appropriate Children’s Bureau Regional Program Manager for approval no later than January 31, 2012.
Education	08/31/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.3B Question #1	Adds travel to school in the foster care maintenance payment definition.
Education	05/29/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.4 Question #2	Adds a case plan requirement to assure educational stability for children in foster care.
Education	05/29/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.4 Question #3	Requires that the title IV-E agency assure that each child receiving a payment under the title IV-E plan is attending school full time or has completed secondary school.
Health, Kinship/Guardianship, Tribal	06/03/2009	ACF-CB-PI-09-06	Provides guidance to States, Territories, and Insular Areas on actions they are required to take for June 30, 2009 submission of Title IV-B plan among other provisions.
Health, Tribal	06/03/2009	ACF-CB-PI-09-07	Provides guidance to Tribes on actions they are required to take for the June 30, 2009 submission of the Title IV-B Plan among other provisions.
Health	06/10/2010	ACF-CB-PI-10-10	The President signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) on March 23, 2010. The law amended three sections of titles IV-B and IV-E of the Act to ensure that children receiving independent living services and/or education and training vouchers and those who are aging out of foster care have information and education about the importance of having a health care power of attorney or health care proxy and to provide the youth with the option to execute such a document.
Kinship/Guardianship	12/24/2008	ACF-CB-PI-08-07	Provides title IV-E agencies instructions for how to implement and operate the Guardianship Assistance Program option.
Kinship/Guardianship	02/18/2010	ACF-CB-PI-10-01	Provide interested State Title IV-E agencies and Tribes revised instructions on how to implement and operate the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) Title IV-E plan option as authorized by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, Public Law (P.L.) 110-351. For more on what this means see www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/new-program-instruction-kingap-assistance.pdf
Kinship/Guardianship	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.5	Section 8.5 of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program.
Kinship/Guardianship	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.5A Q&A's on GAP, Agreements	Section 8.5A of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program and Agreements.
Kinship/Guardianship	05/29/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.5B Q&A's on GAP, Eligibility	Section 8.5B of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program and Eligibility.
Kinship/Guardianship	05/29/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.5B1 Q&A's on GAP, Siblings	Section 8.5B.1 of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program and Siblings
Kinship/Guardianship	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.5B.2 Q&A's on GAP, Guardian Requirements	Section 8.5B.2 of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program and Guardian Requirements.
Kinship/Guardianship	05/29/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.5C Q&A's on GAP, Payments	Section 8.5C of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program and Payments.
Kinship/Guardianship	09/01/2009	Family Connections Grantees	Approximately $15 million in discretionary grants to State, local or Tribal child welfare agencies and private non-profit organizations that have experience in working with fostering children or children in kinship care arrangements in four programs.
Kinship/Guardianship	10/07/2008	Relative Notification	Plan requirement at section 471(a)(29) to require that Title IV-E agencies exercise due diligence to identify and notify all adult relatives within 30 days of child's entry into foster care.
Kinship/Guardianship	10/07/2008	Sibling Placement	New plan requirement at section 471(a)(31) to require Title IV-E agencies to make reasonable efforts to place siblings removed from their homes together.
Kinship/Guardianship	10/07/2008	Access to Federal Parent Locator Service	Law amends 454(j)(3) of Title IV-D to grant access to Parental Locator Service to notify parents of children's placement into foster care.
Older Youth	10/07/2008	Transition Plan for Emancipating Youth Required	Requires that 90 days before a child is emancipated from foster care, the caseworker develops a personalized transition plan directed by the child.
Training	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.1H, Question #1	Permits title IV-E agencies to claim the costs of short-term training for relative guardians, attorneys and others.
Training	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.1H, Question #8	Permits title IV-E agencies to claim the costs of short-term training for relative guardians, attorneys and others.
Training	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.1H, Question #17	Permits title IV-E agencies to claim the costs of short-term training for relative guardians, attorneys and others.
Training	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.1H, Question #18	Permits title IV-E agencies to claim the costs of short-term training for relative guardians, attorneys and others.
Training	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.1H, Question #20	Permits title IV-E agencies to claim the costs of short-term training for relative guardians, attorneys and others.
Tribal	10/24/2008	ACF-CB-IM-08-03	Notifies Indian Tribes of the opportunity to operate the title IV-E programs.
Tribal	12/05/2008	ACF-CB-PI-08-06	Requested that Tribes submit a letter of intent if the Tribe intended to directly operate a title IV-E Program or apply for a Fostering Connections grant. Note: The request for letters of intent has expired.
Tribal	07/10/2009	ACF-CB-IM-09-02	Provides automation requirements and options for Tribes operating a title IV-E program pursuant to section 479B of the Social Security Act.
Tribal	09/17/2009	ACF-CB-PI-09-11	Provides guidance on the Federal Advance Planning Document (APD) regulations that Tribes have to comply with to claim title IV-B and/or title IV-E Federal Financial Participation for child welfare information technology projects, equipment, and services.
Tribal	08/12/2009	Child Welfare Policy Manual 8.1H, Question #19	Permits title IV-E agencies to claim the costs of short-term training for relative guardians, attorneys and others.
Tribal	04/01/2009	Tribal Title IV-E Program Considerations	Provides technical assistance for Tribes to use in considering how to plan for the resources, policies, and procedures they will or may need to implement a direct title IV-E program.
Tribal	12/31/2009	FY 2009 Tribal IV-E Development Plan Grantees	The grantees at bottom of this page are authorized to develop a Tribal Title IV-E plan and implement a program.
Tribal	03/13/2009	Title IV-E Tribal Consultation Meetings	A request for public comment concerning the Tribal title IV-E requirements and notice of Tribal consultation meetings. Note: The public comment period is closed, and Tribal consultation meetings have concluded.