Program Instructions (PI)

These issuances explain procedures and methods for operationalizing program policies, add details to program regulations or policy guide requirements, and convey to grantees program guidance information on actions they are expected or required to take.

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Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Funding Available to Develop and Enhance or to Evaluate Kinship Navigator Programs

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to state, territorial and Tribal title IV-E agencies on the actions required to apply for title IV-B, subpart 2 funding to support the development, enhancement or evaluation of kinship navigator programs. These are federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 funds, provided in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024.

State Requirements for Electing Title IV-E Prevention and Family Services and Programs

This Program Instruction provides instructions on the requirements state title IV-E agencies must meet when electing the title IV-E prevention program, ACF-ACYF-CB-PI-24-07 supersedes ACYF-CB-PI-18-09 issued November 30, 2018, upon publication.

Availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Funds Under the Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Program

This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the requirements for recipients of Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect awards for FY 2024; and provides guidance and instructions for the preparation and submission of the application and annual reports.

Availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Children's Justice Act Grants to States Under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) as Amended by Public Law (P.L.) 115-271

This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the eligibility requirements and the grant application procedures for FY 2024 Children's Justice Act (CJA) grants and provides the tentative State allocation table.

Instructions for State Courts on Applying for State Court Improvement Program (CIP) Funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance on the eligibility requirements and grant application procedures for the State CIP grant for FY 2025, including updating the five-year strategic plan, and to provide guidance on the requirements for state courts to continuously assess and improve the handling of court proceedings related to child welfare and enhance collaboration with title IV-B/IV-E agencies and tribes.

PI-24-03

Summary of actions required to complete and submit the (1) Final Report for FYs 2015-2019; (2) the new CFSP for FYs 2020- 2024; and (3) the CFS-101, Parts I, II, and III.

PI-24-02

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to states, territories, and insular areas (hereafter “states,” unless otherwise noted) on actions they are required to take to receive their allotments for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (subject to the availability of appropriations) authorized under title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, section 106 of CAPTA, Chafee and ETV programs.

ACYF-CB-PI-24-01

This Program Instruction (PI) provides state and tribal title IV-E agencies (agencies) guidance and describes the documentation requirements an agency must complete to maintain compliance with CCWIS requirements while evaluating new child welfare business processes, tools, or information technologies through pilots.

Title IV-E Plan Amendment–Separate Licensing Standards for Relative or Kinship Foster Family Homes

This Program Instruction provides instructions for title IV-E agencies that opt to adopt licensing or approval standards for relative or kinship foster family homes that differ from the standards used for non-relative foster family homes. It also provides instructions for title IV-E agencies to implement the requirement that a licensed or approved relative or kinship foster family home receives the same amount of foster care maintenance payment (FCMP) that would have been made if the child was placed in a non-related/non-kinship foster family home.

Supplemental Disaster Relief Funding available under Title IV-B, Subpart 1 of the Act

This Program Instruction (PI) provides guidance to agencies administering title IV-B, subpart 1 on the actions required to apply for funding to address child welfare needs relating to disaster recovery in areas affected by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.