The Children’s Bureau letter released June 2019 to child welfare leaders providing an update on the new Title IV-E Prevention Program, created under the Family First Prevention Services Act, specifically as it relates to how states can claim transitional payments for prevention services not yet reviewed and rated in the Clearinghouse if the state submits sufficient documentation that demonstrates how the service meets the evidence-based criteria outlined in Family First. The Children’s Bureau will be issuing further guidance on these transitional payments. 

This second in a series of Family First briefs focuses on Leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to Improve Use of Title IV-E GAP in states and tribes.  This brief contains an analysis on the impact of this new law on GAP  and provides action steps to promote its use for children in relative care.

This ChildFocus primer for child welfare agencies gives practical information on how to obtain and implement live scan technology (2016).

In Louisiana, specifically listed qualified relative caregivers with legal or provisional custody (or who obtain it within one year of certification) and who have an annual income of less than 150% of the federal poverty threshold may receive $450 per month for each eligible child as part of the Kinship Care Subsidy Program.