This section contains the technical bulletins created by the Children's Bureau to supplement official guidance and assist states in understanding and preparing for child welfare monitoring reviews.
This TB provides information about adjustments the Children’s Bureau is making when setting and evaluating the attainment of case review measurement goals for Program Improvement Plans. These changes apply to the third round of the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) and amend information provided in CFSR Technical Bulletin #9, Section IIC.
This Technical Bulletin (TB) provides the Administration for Children and Families' response to comments solicited in the November 27, 2018, Federal Register Notice (83 FR 60874) inviting state child welfare agencies, partner organizations, and the public to review, test, and provide comments on the revised syntax that performs data quality checks and calculates observed performance on the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) statewide data indicators.
This cover letter transmits CFSR Technical Bulletin #9 (link below). It also includes the "List of CFSR Round 3 Statewide Data Indicators Issues as of Publication."
This TB rescinds TB#8A and establishes a new plan for use of statewide data indicators and national standards as context data for the third round of the CFSRs. The new TB reissues and revises applicable guidance formerly from TB#8A on program improvement plan measurement methods to reflect the change in the use of the statewide data indicators.
This cover letter transmitted CFSR Technical Bulletin #8A (link below), which has been rescinded by TB #9, above.
This TB has been rescinded by TB #9, above. TB #8A accompanied the amended (May 13, 2015) Final Notice of Statewide Data Indicators and National Standards for the CFSRs published in the Federal Register (link below). This information was specific to the third round of the CFSRs, and provided technical detail on how the Children's Bureau calculated whether a state had met national standards and on establishing program improvement goals relative to the statewide data indicators for states not meeting the national standards.
This cover letter transmitted CFSR Technical Bulletin 7, which announced the third round of the CFSRs.
Technical Bulletin #7 announced the third round of the CFSRs. It described changes to the review process and provided information on scheduling.
