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Technical Bulletin #20 — Data Elements for Out-of-Home Care and Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Data Files

Published by Administration for Children and Families | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Catalog Last Checked: July 31, 2026 at 09:45 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 06, 2025
This technical bulletin gives reporting instructions and provides examples for the AFCARS 2020 out-of-home care and adoption and guardianship assistance data elements. The regulation for each element is shown in a blue box. Following the regulation language, CB provides explanatory text, examples, differences between AFCARS 1993 and AFCARS 2020, and data reporting standards. This Technical Bulletin was last revised on June 10, 2024. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

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