District of Columbia Federal Regulatory Guidance

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Kinship/Guardianship

• ACYF-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
• ACF-CB-PI-08-07
  Provides title IV-E agencies instructions for how to implement and operate the Guardianship Assistance Program option.
• 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.
• ACF-CB-PI-09-06
  Guidance to States, Territories and Insular Areas on how to report data on foster family homes to ACF among other provisions.
• Family Connection Grantees
  Approximately $15 million in discretionary grants to State, local or Tribal child welfare agencies and private private non-profit organizations that have experience in working with fostering children or children in kinship care arrangements in four progra
• ACF-CB-PI-09-08
  Provides a revised Title IV-E plan pre-print that incorporatesthe statutory provisions made by Public Law 110-351 which are effective through fiscal year 2010.
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.5 Q&As on GAP
  Section 8.5 of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program.
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.A5 Q&As 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.
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.5B Q&As 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.
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.5B.1 Q&As 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
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.5B.2 Q&As 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.
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.5C Q&As 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.
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.5C.1 Q&As on GAP, Termination
  Section 8.5C.1 of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program and Termination.
• Child Welfare Policy Manual - Section 8.5D Q&As on GAP, Interstate
  Section 8.5D of the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM) provides questions and answers (Q/As) regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program, Interstate.