This page features various ACF policies covering a range of issues and concerns.
Architectural Barriers Act
Per the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) of 1968 , facilities must be accessible if they’re designed, built, altered, or leased with federal funds. The U.S. Access Board has accessibility standards and enforces the ABA.
To file a complaint:
If you believe that an Administration for Children and Families (ACF) facility doesn’t comply with the ABA, you can file a complaint with the U.S. Access Board.
Efficient Spending Policy
As an operating division of the Department of Health and Human Services, ACF is committed to complying with OMB/HHS policies that promote efficient and effective spending of appropriated funds.
- HHS Policy on Promoting Efficient Spending (January 23, 2015): Use of Appropriated Funds for Conferences and Meetings, Food, Promotional Items, and Printing and Publications
- FY22 Conference Spending: this report includes information about conferences held by ACF where costs exceed $100,000.
Evaluation Policy
ACF is committed to conducting and using evidence from evaluations to inform policy and practice. ACF seeks to promote rigor, relevance, transparency, independence, and ethics in the conduct of evaluations. Our evaluation policy addresses each of these principles.
- View the evaluation policy
Comment, Privacy, and Link Policies
We encourage engagement with the public and our stakeholders. To maintain a respectful dialogue and manage expectations, we've posted the guidelines of our comment, privacy, and link policies that apply to all ACF digital platforms and social media channels.
In short:
We retain the discretion to determine which comments violate our comment policy. We also reserve the right to remove and/or not allow comments.
Privacy Policy
We collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored, when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide that information to us.