# Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2024-12-05 · Effective 2025-02-03 · 89 FR 96569
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-28072
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 96569
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1355
- **Publication date:** 2024-12-05
- **Effective date:** 2025-02-03
## Abstract

This rule finalizes revisions to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations proposed on February 23, 2024. This final rule requires state title IV-E agencies to collect and report to ACF additional data related to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) for children in the AFCARS Out-of-Home Care Reporting Population.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/05/2024-28072/adoption-and-foster-care-analysis-and-reporting-system)
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