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HHS/ACF RIN: 0970-AC23 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System 
Abstract: This rule will amend the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations at 45 CFR part 1355.40 and the appendices to part 1355 to modify the requirements for States to collect and report data to ACF on children in foster care and in subsidized adoption or guardianship arrangements with the State. The rule also implements the AFCARS penalty requirements of the Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-145). 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 45 CFR 1355   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 679   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/11/2008  73 FR 2081   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/11/2008    
Final Action  10/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Kathleen McHugh
Director
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Room 2411, Children's Bureau, Division of Policy, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201
Phone:202 401-5789
Fax:202 205-8221
Email: kmchugh@acf.hhs.gov