Child Welfare Program Reports and Financial Data
Explore Children’s Bureau reports on state child welfare spending, title IV-E expenditures, caseloads, and program funding. These resources provide national and state-level information that supports fiscal oversight, program planning, and analysis of federal child welfare programs.
Annual Report of State Child Welfare Expenditures
Review annual state-reported child welfare expenditures submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The report summarizes planned spending for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services program and planned and actual spending for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) program by service category.
Title IV-E Program Expenditure and Caseload Data
Explore annual Title IV-E financial expenditure and caseload data reported by states and Tribes through Form CB-496. Data cover foster care, adoption assistance, guardianship assistance, prevention services, and kinship navigator programs and are available beginning with fiscal year 2019.