US: Submission for OMB Review: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) (OMB #0970-0422) (Press release)
Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). – May 26, 2023
The Children’s Bureau (CB), the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the data information collection for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) that was implemented as part of the AFCARS final rule published in May 2020 (85 FR 28410). There are no proposed changes to the data information collection published as the regulation in May 2020. The estimated time per response related to record keeping has been revised since the previous published notice (88 FR 16449) due to feedback from the State and Tribal reporting agencies.