# Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2016-12-14 · Effective 2017-01-13 · 81 FR 90524
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-29366
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 90524
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1355
- **Publication date:** 2016-12-14
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-13
## Abstract

The Social Security Act (the Act) requires that ACF regulate a national data collection system that provides comprehensive demographic and case-specific information on children who are in foster care and adopted. This final rule replaces existing Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations and the appendices to require title IV-E agencies to collect and report data to ACF on children in out-of-home care, and who exit out-of-home care to adoption or legal guardianship, children in out-of-home care who are covered by the Indian Child Welfare Act, and children who are covered by a title IV-E adoption or guardianship assistance agreement.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/14/2016-29366/adoption-and-foster-care-analysis-and-reporting-system)
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