As you look through the links, you will find that individual acts amending larger laws will be found under “Acts,” and the major State and Federal laws will be found, in their entirety, under “Laws.” Many bulletins will be found as links connected to the laws they provide guidance on, whereas bulletins that stand alone will be found under “Other Bulletins.” As laws are periodically updated and amended, please contact the SWAN LSI Warmline at lsiwarmline@diakon-swan.org for the most current version of the law.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to replace OCYF Bulletin #3350-97-01 for the purpose of revising the service structure, rates and requirements relating to the SWAN initiative.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to advise county children and youth agencies and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of State Fiscal Years (SFY) 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the Unit of Service and Payment Rate chart in Section C on page 7 of OCYF Bulletin 3350-03-01, Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN) Policies and Procedures. Additionally, this bulletin provides programmatic changes to some of the SWAN units of service.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to advise County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2018-2019 and tentative payment rates for SFY 2019-2020. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the payment chart on page 3 of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3350-17-01, titled
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to advise County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-2020 and tentative payment rates for SFY 2020-2021. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the payment chart on page 3 of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3350-18-02 titled “Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes” and replaces the unit costs on page 83 of OCYF Bulletin 3140-19-02, titled “Fiscal Year 2020-21 Children, Youth and Families Needs-Based plan and Fiscal Year 2019-20 Implementation Plan Instructions.”
The programmatic changes outlined in OCYF Bulletin 3350-18-02 remain in effect.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to advise County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2020-2021 and tentative payment rates for SFY 2021-2022. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the payment chart on page 3 of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3350-19-02, titled “Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes” and replaces the unit costs on page 74 of OCYF Bulletin 3140-20-02, titled “Fiscal Year 2021-22 Children, Youth and Families Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2020-21 Implementation Plan Instructions.”
The programmatic changes outlined in OCYF Bulletin 3350-18-02 remain in effect.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to advise County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021-2022 and tentative payment rates for SFY 2022-2023. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the payment chart on page 3 of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3350-20-04, titled “Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes” and replaces the unit costs on page 80 of OCYF Bulletin 3140-21-03 titled “Fiscal Year 2022-23 Children, Youth and Families Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2020-21 Implementation Plan Instructions.”
The programmatic changes outlined in previous SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes bulletins remain in effect.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to advise County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-2023 and tentative payment rates for SFY 2023-2024. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the payment chart on page 3 of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3350-21-02, titled “Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes” and replaces the unit costs OCYF Bulletin “Fiscal Year 2023-24 Children, Youth and Families Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2022-23 Implementation Plan Instructions.”
The programmatic changes outlined in previous SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes bulletins remain in effect, while this bulletin includes the additional programmatic change:
•Establishes Family Matching unit of service.
Overview
The purpose of this bulletin is to advise County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-2024 and tentative payment rates for SFY 2024-2025. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the payment chart on page 3 of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3350-22-01, titled “Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes” and replaces the unit costs OCYF Bulletin “Fiscal Year 2024-25 Children, Youth and Families Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2023-24 Implementation Plan Instructions.”
The programmatic changes outlined in previous SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes bulletins remain in effect.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to advise County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) and Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate agencies of adjustments to payment rates for SWAN direct units of service for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-2025 and tentative payment rates for SFY 2025-2026. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the payment chart on page 3 of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3350-22-01, titled “Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes” and replaces the unit costs OCYF Bulletin “Fiscal Year 2025-26 Children, Youth and Families Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2024-25 Implementation Plan Instructions.”
The programmatic changes outlined in previous SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes bulletins remain in effect.
Overview Act 23 was enacted to provide child victims of abuse who are witnesses in administrative proceedings (e.g., BHA child abuse expunction hearings) with the opportunity to have a child advocate who will explain the proceedings to the child, will advise the administrative court of the child’s ability to understand and cooperate in the proceedings, and will help the child secure assistance in dealing with the emotional impact of the proceedings.
Overview Amending Title 67 (Public Welfare) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for resource families; making editorial changes; and making related repeals.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide clarification and direction to both public and private children and youth agencies (agencies) regarding the implementation of Act 131 of 2022 (Act 131). This addresses the agencies’ legal responsibilities to the resource families with whom they work to provide resource family care for children in the custody of the county children and youth agency. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin 3700-08-01: Implementation of Act 68 of 2005 (The Resource Family and Adoption Act), Act 73 of 2005 (The Resource Family Care Act) and Act 76 of 2007.
Overview Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 67 (Public Welfare) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for disposition of dependent child.
Overview Amending the act of February 13, 1970 (P.L.19, No.10).
Overview The Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) is issuing this Bulletin to provide guidance for the implementation of Act 65 of 2020 (“Act 65”) (35 P. S. §§ 10101.1-10101.2).
Act 65 governs who can provide consent for voluntary mental health treatment of minors who are 14 years of age and less than 18 years of age (“minor”), in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Act 65 also addresses which individuals may grant consent to the release of a minor’s medical records.
Overview Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14).
Overview Amending title 67 (public welfare) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in medical assistance hearings and appeals, further providing for definitions; in public welfare generally, providing for adoption opportunities and for family finding and kinship care; establishing the kinship care program and the subsidized permanent legal custodianship program; making related repeals; and making editorial changes.
Overview Amends Pennsylvania law into compliance with federal requirements under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). This legislation makes necessary changes with regards to parents who have committed child sexual abuse and individuals who engage a child in of human trafficking. It amends the Adoption Act by adding two grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights. It amends the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL), by adding to the definition of perpetrator and child abuse and by allowing otherwise confidential reports, to be released to law enforcement officials of any jurisdiction if they are relevant to an investigation pertaining to severe forms of trafficking in persons or sex trafficking. It amends the in the Juvenile Act, by adding a ground to the definition of Aggravated Circumstances for a parent who is required to register as a sexual offender.
Overview Allows an adoptee or an adoptee’s descendant to obtain a non-certified copy of the original birth record through the Department of Health. Also allows for redaction of birth parent name and/or birth parent to specify level of contact desired.
Overview Defines truancy and habitual truancy, clarifies what schools must do when children are truant, provides greater discrepancy to judges when determining penalties for truancy, and standardizes truancy policies for charter and cyber charter schools.
Overview This legislation brings Pennsylvania into compliance with the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Safe Families Act, specifically by enacting the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard. It authorizes the caregivers of children and youth who are in out-of home placement to make decisions regarding the youth’s participation in age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, cultural or social activities without prior approval of the county child welfare agency, private placement agency, or the court.
Overview Makes a number of amendments to the Public Welfare Code, including child specific provisions that further bring Pennsylvania into compliance with the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Safe Families Act. Defines “sibling” as an individual who has at least one parent in common with another individual, whether by blood, marriage, or adoption, and regardless of a termination of parental rights or parental death. The term includes biological, adoptive, step and half siblings. Requires notice to each parent who has legal custody of a sibling of a dependent child within 30 days of the child’s removal from the home, except in the situations of family or domestic violence. Defines “successor permanent legal custodian”.
Overview This legislation further brings Pennsylvania into compliance with the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Safe Families Act, as well as with changes that have been made to the federal Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA). Defines “child”, and “sex trafficking victim”, and County responsibilities and Law enforcement responsibilities with regard to sex trafficking. Amends the Juvenile Act to include the following definitions: “Age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate”, “Caregiver” “Out-of-home placement” and “Reasonable and prudent parent standard” . Makes changes to the determination required to place a child in Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA).
Overview Act 55 of 2013 recognizes the importance of kinship families and their role in the permanency journey. The act clarifies when and how often family finding occurs when children enter the child welfare system in an effort to:
1) Identify and build positive connections between the child and the child’s relatives and kin;
2) Support the engagement of relatives and kin in children and youth social service planning and delivery;
3) Create a network of extended family support to assist in remedying the concerns that led the child to be involved with the county agency.
Overview Amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for factors to consider when awarding custody; abuse and involvement with child protective services; in child protective services providing for consideration of child, further providing for release of information in confidential reports and for county agency requirements for general protective services; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for inspection of court files and records and for law enforcement records.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit requirements and guidance related to legislative changes to Pennsylvania’s Child Custody Act, specifically Act 107 of 2013. This legislation amended Title 23, Pa. C.S. (Domestic Relations), Chapter 53 (Child Custody) (otherwise known as the Child Custody Act) and Chapter 63 (Child Protective Services) (otherwise known as the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) along with Title 4 Pa. C.S. (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), Chapter 63 (Juvenile Matters) (otherwise known as the Juvenile Act). Act 107 requires courts to determine if a child is the victim of a crime which would constitute child abuse as defined in the CPSL.
Overview This act amends provisions of the Pennsylvania Public Welfare Code. It extends kinship guardianship and adoption subsidies to age 21 for youth who enter those arrangements at age 13 or older. For youth to take advantage of this act, they must meet certain criteria. It also expands the notification of kin requirement for children entering out of home care from the third degree of consanguinity to the fifth degree.
Overview Previously, the documents listed below were issued by the Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) and contained different aspects of guidance on Adoption Assistance eligibility. This bulletin consolidates the previously issued Adoption Assistance guidance and effectively replaces the following documents:
• Special Transmittal, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008-Adoption Program
Requirements
• Special Transmittal, Act 80 of 2012 and Act 91 of 2012, only the Act 80 policy concerning Adoption Assistance
• Special Transmittal, Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 Adoption Assistance Program, Delay of the Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Delink for Applicable Child
• Policy Clarification 3140-06-01, Child Eligibility regarding Adoption Assistance (Special Needs)
• Policy Clarification 3140-20-06, Planning and Financial Reimbursement Requirements for County Children and
Youth Service Programs (Adoption Assistance Suspension)
Overview This act amends various provisions of the Juvenile Act. It expands the criteria allowing youth to remain in out-of-home care past age 18. It also allows youth to reenter out-of-home care before turning 21 if they aged out at 18 or older. For youth to take advantage of this act, they must meet certain criteria.
Overview Previously, the documents listed below were issued by the Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) and contained different aspects of guidance on Adoption Assistance eligibility. This bulletin consolidates the previously issued Adoption Assistance guidance and effectively replaces the following documents:
• Special Transmittal, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008-Adoption Program
Requirements
• Special Transmittal, Act 80 of 2012 and Act 91 of 2012, only the Act 80 policy concerning Adoption Assistance
• Special Transmittal, Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 Adoption Assistance Program, Delay of the Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Delink for Applicable Child
• Policy Clarification 3140-06-01, Child Eligibility regarding Adoption Assistance (Special Needs)
• Policy Clarification 3140-20-06, Planning and Financial Reimbursement Requirements for County Children and
Youth Service Programs (Adoption Assistance Suspension)
Overview This act establishes the right of a parent whose parental rights are terminated to continue to provide health related information for that child. In doing so, the act established the Pennsylvania Adoption Information Registry to gather and maintain information about adoptees. The act also delineates the requirements for a voluntary contract for continued contact between birth families and adoptive families. Lastly, the act details the requirements for agencies that provide post-adoption search and reunion services.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to individuals and agencies involved in the adoption process the ability and specific steps needed to enter into a voluntary post adoption agreement, access records, request the release of information, or file with and/or request information from Pennsylvania’s Adoption Information Registry (PAIR).
Overview Act 115 of 2010 requires county children and youth agencies to make diligent efforts to place siblings together in out-of-home care whenever possible. If siblings are not placed together, the act requires that the siblings have visitation at least twice a month. If visitation is not possible, the situation must be reviewed at subsequent permanency hearings.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit requirements and guidance related to the implementation of Act 115 of 2010 to programs that serve dependent childrena nd youth. Act 115 expands the determinations that must be made at the time of disposition and at each permanency hearing. This includes a determination as to whether reasonable efforts were made to place the child and their sibling together, or whether placing the child and sibling together is contrary to the safety or wel-being of the child or sibling. During a disposition hearing, an order must be entered to ensure visitation between the child and the sibling, when they are not placed together, no less than twice a month, unless there is a finding that visitation is contrary to the safety or wel-being of the child or sibling. When sibling visitation is contraindicated, agencies must actively continue to assess these cases at least every six months, to determine whether visitation should occur. At each permanency hearing, a determination must be made to ascertain whether visitation has occurred consistent with the court order or if the child and sibling were not visiting, whether previous safety or well-being concerns have been addressed and visitation should now begin.
Overview Act 119 of 2010 establishes the rights of children in out-of-home care. It also establishes provisions for a grievance policy to be adopted by county and private children and youth agencies for children in out-of-home care if those rights are not met. The act also provides guidance as to how this act impacts current legislation.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to inform county and private children and youth agencies of the requirements of the Children in Foster Care Act, Act 119 of 2010 (Act 119), to provide a sample grievance policy and procedure to comply with Act 119, and clarify how the requirements of Act 119 co-exist with current regulations at:
• 55 Pa. Code § 3130.88 (related to children’s grievances); and
• 55 Pa. Code § 3680.48 (related to children’s grievances); and
• 55 Pa. Code § 3700.63 (related to foster child discipline, punishment and control
policy); and
• 55 Pa. Code §§ 3800.31-33 (related to child rights).
Overview This act specifies the time lines for notifying permanency parents about permanency hearings as they have the right to be heard at hearings. The act also ensures the child has the right to be heard at hearings or represented by a guardian ad litem.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide clarification and direction to both public and private childrena nd youth agencies regarding the implementation of their legal responsibilities to the resource families with whom they work to provide resource family care for children in the custody of the county children and youth agency.
Overview Act 126 of 2006 requires county children and youth agencies to maintain an annual photographic record of all children of whom they have dependency. This photographic record must be transferred along with the county record if the foster or resource family moves. The act also requires county children and youth agencies to immediately begin an investigation when a report is made alleging child abuse or neglect.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to public children and youth agencies the requirements related to Act 126 of 2006, which amended 23 Pa. C.S., Chapter 63 (relating to the Child Protective Services Law) (CPSL).
Overview This act adds additional grounds for the involuntary termination of parental rights. It expands the criteria to include conviction of specific crimes and also delineates child abuse reporting.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to public and private children and youth agencies the new reporting requirements in accordance with Act 146 of 2006 and Act 179 of 2006 both of which amended 23 Pa. C.S., Chapter 63 (relating to the Child Protective Services Law) (CPSL).
Overview Act 68 of 2005 recognizes the importance of resource families and their role in the permanency journey. The act clarifies when a resource family should be considered as a permanent resource and granted an interview by either a county agency or a private agency:
1) the child’s goal has been changed to adoption;
2) the resource family is interested in being an adoptive resource; and
3) the child has resided with the resource family for more than six months.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide clarification and direction to both public and private children and youth agencies regarding the implementation of their legal responsibilities to the resource families with whom they work to provide resource family care for children in the custody of the county children and youth agency.
Overview Act 73 of 2005 establishes responsibilities for county and private children and youth agencies about the information and services to be made available to resource families. This includes meeting notifications and child information as soon as it is available. Services to be available include appropriate training and support services.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide clarification and direction to both public and private childrena nd youth agencies regarding the implementation of their legal responsibilities to the resource families with whom they work to provide resource family care for children in the custody of the county children and youth agency.
Overview Act 160 of 2004 clarifies the requirements for foster parents working with public and private children and youth agencies. It establishes a resource family registry for all resource family applicants. It delineates evaluation criteria for potential resource families, including kinship families.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to public and private children and youth agencies that approve foster and adoptive parent applications in Pennsylvania, the requirements and policies relating to Act 160 of 2004, that amended 23 Pa. C.S. Chapter 63 (relating to The Child Protective Services Law).
Overview This act amended the Pennsylvania Public Welfare Code by establishing a commonwealth statutory requirement that gives relatives first consideration as a placement resource when a child cannot safely remain with his or her legal family and is placed in the legal custody of an agency.
Act 25 requires county agencies to document attempts to place children with a relative and, where appropriate, reasons why such a placement was not possible. In addition, Act 25 requires that regulatory requirements be implemented so relatives receive the same foster care maintenance payment rate as other non-relative foster parents when they meet all regulatory approval requirements as foster parents, and that foster care maintenance payments are excluded when calculating eligibility for public welfare assistance.
Overview The Kinship Care Policy Bulletin provides general guidelines for the placement of children with kinship caregivers. This bulletin recognizes the importance of kinship caregivers as temporary substitute care resources, as well as their role in providing permanent and stable homes for children who cannot be reunited with their parents. Stability and the preserving of connections are essential in promoting timely permanence and the overall well being of children in substitute care. A strengthened support system and services to kinship caregivers will also allow for the timely setting and achieving of appropriate permanency goals.
Overview This act amends a prior act about reimbursement of certain services for children and youth. The act addresses state reimbursement to counties for services provided.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit instructions for the preparation and submission of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-2012 Needs-Based Plan and Budget (NBPB) and the FY 2010-11 Needs-Based Implementation Plan which must be submitted by August 15, 2010.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit revised instructions for the preparation and submission of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-2013 Needs-Based Plan and Budget (NBPB) and the FY 2011-12 Needs-Based Implementation Plan which must be submitted by August 15, 2011.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit revised instructions for the preparation and submission of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-2014 Needs-Based Plan and Budget (NBPB) and the FY 2012-13 Needs-Based Implementation Plan which must be submitted by August 15, 2012.
Overview This federal law established a federal sex offender registry and requires all states to apply identical criteria for posting information to the national sex offender website. It organized sex offenders into three tiers and mandates reporting requirements for each tier. Failure to register and update information is now a felony under this law.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to public and private children and youth agencies the new reporting requirements in accordance with Act 146 of 2006 and Act 179 of 2006 both of which amended 23 Pa. C.S., Chapter 63 (relating to the Child Protective Services Law) (CPSL).
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to explain and clarify new background check requirements related to Act 179 of 2006 (Act 179), as well as Act 73 of 2007 (Act 73), both of which amended the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL), (23 Pa.C.S., Chapter 63). This bulletin will also clarify how these amendments co-exist with the requirements of Act 160 of 2004.
Overview This act defines the steps and requirements to terminate parental rights, covering both voluntary and involuntary termination. The act describes the right of the birth parent to provide medical information. It also covers the information needed for an adoption to take place, including international adoptions.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) requirements related to a new Supreme Court decision on the appointment of legal counsel for a child in a contested Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) hearing. This bulletin is effective immediately and all requirements must be followed. This bulletin was reissued on March 4, 2021 and this version effectively replaces the version of the same subject/title with the issue date of January 25, 2021.
Overview This federal law emphasizes safety should be of paramount concern when planning for children and requires that the child’s safety be included in case planning and reviews. The act also requires that states initiate termination of parental rights proceedings for children who have been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months. Exceptions are when:
- the child is living with relatives;
- a compelling reason exists why TPR is not in the child’s best interest; and
- services consistent with the permanency plan were not provided.
Overview
The purpose of this bulletin is to revise the revised interim guidelines for the implementation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA). This second revised interim bulletin provides guidelines and requirements for county children and youth agencies for the implementation of the federal regulations. This bulletin also incorporates a requirement of the Senator John H. Chaffee Foster Care Independence Program (P.L. 106-169) that foster parents have adequate knowledge and skills to care for the foster child in their care.
Overview This act prevents removing children from their families (family preservation) unnecessarily and ensures that children return home or live in some other form of “permanent home” in the shortest time period (permanency planning).
Overview The purpose of this act is to encourage and promote the adoption of children with physical or mental handicaps, emotional disturbances or who may be hard to place. A hard to place child may be older, part of a sibling group or part of an ethnic group. The act clarified the granting of subsidies to eligible children.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit policy and procedures that clarify issues raised during implementation of adoption assistance.
Overview This federal act reauthorizes CAPTA and expands the law’s scope. It guides the states to decrease instances of child abuse and neglect by promoting coordinated planning among all levels of government; generating and sharing knowledge relevant to child and family protection, including developing models for service delivery; strengthening the capacity of states to assist communities; and allocating financial resources for states in implementing community plans.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to public and private children and youth agencies the requirements of a new policy being implemented by the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to comply with the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). Under CAPTA, DPW must develop a procedure to refer, for early intervention services, children under age three who live in Pennsylvania, and who have been subjects to substantiated reports of child abuse/neglect that occurred in Pennsylvania. In addition to children who meet that criteria, DPW recommends that all children under age five, who are accepted for services by the child welfare system, be evaluated for possible referral for early intervention services.
Overview The Child Protective Services Law was established to protect children from abuse and neglect. It established procedures for reporting abuse and neglect and who must report suspected abuse and neglect. The law establishes the responsibility of county children and youth agencies to investigate allegations and provides general protective services to families.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to public children and youth agencies (herein referred to as county agencies) requirements related to a statewide policy establishing when a referral can be designated as a General Protective Services (GPS) report, screen-out protocols, and response times for GPS report assessments. This bulletin rescinds and replaces the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin #3490-19-02, entitled Statewide General Protective Services (GPS) Referrals, which was issued on December 20, 2019 and effective on August 1, 2020. County agencies that already have policies related to screening out GPS reports and response times that provide for more immediate responses than the policy contained in this bulletin are permitted to continue with their individual agency policy.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to announce significant changes made to the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) (23 Pa.C.S., Chapter 63) as it pertains to clearance and verification requirements. Section 6344 (relating to employees having contact with children; adoptive and foster parents) of the CPSL requires employees, volunteers, foster/resource parents, prospective adoptive parents, school employees (those governed and not governed by the Public School Code of 1949) and any other individual who is responsible for or who has direct contact with children to submit clearances. In OCYF Bulletin #3490-22-03 Page 2 of 23 addition to providing information related to clearance and verification requirements, this bulletin highlights the following updates:
• The definition of “resident of Pennsylvania (PA)”;
• Act 54 of 2018 as it pertains to employees that supervise a child during an internship, externship, co-operative, or similar program are now considered as volunteers;
• Portability of fingerprint-based Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) criminal history clearances;
• The “grounds for denying employment or volunteer participation in a program, activity or service”;
• Act 12 of 2022 regarding hiring on a provisional basis; and
• The appropriate use of the Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network (CLEAN).
This bulletin contains the most current information regarding clearances and rescinds and replaces OCYF Bulletin 3490-21-04, titled Changes to the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa.C.S. § 6344, as it Pertains to Clearances, which was issued on October 25, 2021, and updated on December 20, 2021. This bulletin should be used in conjunction with the CPSL.
Overview This act sets forth the rights of people with developmental disabilities to ensure they are treated fairly, integrated into the community and protected from abuse. It also establishes the need for culturally competent support services for individuals and their families.
Overview DPW regulations are the guidelines by which foster care and adoption agencies must operate. Agencies are inspected yearly and then licensed. DPW also regulates many other Pennsylvania agencies such as child care centers and community homes.
Overview The newly enacted federal ESSA is designed to improve the educational outcomes of systems-involved youth by minimizing the rate of school placement disruptions and providing more targeted support through schools.
Overview The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) was enacted with the stated purpose of providing “enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements through the provision of mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, in-home parent skill-based programs, and kinship navigator services.” Among the various provisions in the FFPSA intended to serve this purpose is the utilization of prevention services and limiting placements in child care institutions.
Overview This bulletin is to inform county children and youth agencies (CCYAs) about new prevention services requirements for serving children and families as a result of the Family First Prevention Services Act (Public Law (P.L.) 115-123) (Family First). Specifically, these new requirements must be implemented as part of Pennsylvania’s election to participate in the federal Title IV-E Prevention Program established under Family First. Participating in this program provides Pennsylvania the opportunity to strengthen efforts to prevent out-of-home placement of children by expanding the use of evidence based services and programs to better support families in their own homes and communities.
Overview Previously, the documents listed below were issued by the Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) and contained different aspects of guidance on Adoption Assistance eligibility. This bulletin consolidates the previously issued Adoption Assistance guidance and effectively replaces the following documents:
• Special Transmittal, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008-Adoption Program
Requirements
• Special Transmittal, Act 80 of 2012 and Act 91 of 2012, only the Act 80 policy concerning Adoption Assistance
• Special Transmittal, Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 Adoption Assistance Program, Delay of the Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Delink for Applicable Child
• Policy Clarification 3140-06-01, Child Eligibility regarding Adoption Assistance (Special Needs)
• Policy Clarification 3140-20-06, Planning and Financial Reimbursement Requirements for County Children and
Youth Service Programs (Adoption Assistance Suspension)
Overview This act increased Independent Living, IL, funding nationwide, serving youth up to age 21. The act clarifies that IL activities are not an alternative to adoption but are done concurrently with efforts to locate a permanent resource. The act stresses the importance of the youth’s personal responsibility for preparing for and then making the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide clarification and direction to both public and private children and youth agencies, as well as to Juvenile Probation Offices (JPO), regarding the implementation of the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD).
Overview This 2008 federal act is designed to improve connections between children in out-of-home care and their relatives. It also improves the transition for children aging out of foster care. The act aims to improve educational stability and promotes adoption incentives for adopting special needs children.
Overview Previously, the documents listed below were issued by the Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) and contained different aspects of guidance on Adoption Assistance eligibility. This bulletin consolidates the previously issued Adoption Assistance guidance and effectively replaces the following documents:
• Special Transmittal, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008-Adoption Program
Requirements
• Special Transmittal, Act 80 of 2012 and Act 91 of 2012, only the Act 80 policy concerning Adoption Assistance
• Special Transmittal, Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 Adoption Assistance Program, Delay of the Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Delink for Applicable Child
• Policy Clarification 3140-06-01, Child Eligibility regarding Adoption Assistance (Special Needs)
• Policy Clarification 3140-20-06, Planning and Financial Reimbursement Requirements for County Children and
Youth Service Programs (Adoption Assistance Suspension)
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit guidelines and requirements for the successful development and implementation of Youth Independent Living (IL) services through County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYA) and their contracted service providers. Guidance on Credit History reporting and Act 91 of 2012 have been provided through various forms of print and verbal communications since August 9, 2012 and September 28, 2012, respectively. This bulletin rescinds and replaces Office of Children, Youth and Families Bulletins #3130-11-04 entitled Youth Independent Living Services Guidelines of July 8, 2011 and Bulletin #00-94-07 entitled Supervised Independent Living Guidelines of July, 1994 which transmits guidelines for the development and implementation of Supervised Independent Living programs for youth ages 16 and older licensed by the Department of Public Welfare under Title 55 Pa. Code, Chapter 3680 regulations (relating to Administration and Operation of a Children and Youth Social Service Agency.)
Overview ICWA applies when an Indian child is involved in a child custody proceeding. The act states in its Congressional declaration of United States policy that this law “is the policy of this nation to protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum federal standards for the removal of Indian children from their families and the placement of such children in foster or adoptive homes which will reflect the unique values of Indian culture, and by providing for assistance to Indian tribes in the operation of child and family service programs.”
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to update established policy requirements relative to the protection of Indian children as required in the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (P.L. 95-608). This bulletin establishes policy and procedures for the handling of ICWA children under Pennsylvania's Title IV-E state plan to a tribal Title IV-E agency or an Indian tribe with a Title IV-E agreement as required by federal policy in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families' ACYF-CB-Pl-13-05 and the ICWA Proceedings Final Rule, 25 CFR Part 23, issued on June 14, 2016.
This bulletin rescinds and replaces Office of Children, Youth and Families, (OCYF) Bulletin #3130-09-01 entitled Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 issued on March, 2009.
For the purposes of this bulletin, the term ‘Indian children’ encompasses children who are referred to as American Indian, Native American or Alaskan Native children.
Overview The purpose of the ICPC is to promote the safety of children who are moving from one state to another. The ICPC provides guidelines for placing children in different states. States that follow the ICPC cooperate with each other in a defined process.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit the requirements of the Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006.
Overview This act is designed:
(1)To provide for the care, protection, safety and wholesome mental and physical development of children within this chapter.
(2) Consistent with the protection of the public interest, to provide for children committing delinquent acts, programs of supervision, care and rehabilitation that provide balanced attention to protect the community, to impose accountability for offenses committed and to develop competencies to enable children to become responsible and productive members of the community.
(3) To achieve these purposes in a family environment whenever possible, separating the child from parents only when necessary for his welfare, safety or health or in the interests of public safety.
(4) To provide means through which the provisions of this chapter are executed and enforced and in which the parties are assured a fair hearing, and their constitutional and other legal rights recognized and enforced.
Overview The McKinney-Vento act addresses the educational needs of homeless children, including those “awaiting foster care placement.” The act ensures homeless children have transportation to and from school free of charge, allowing them to attend their school of origin (last school enrolled or the school they attended when they first become homeless) regardless of what district the family lives in. It further requires schools to register homeless children even if they lack the normally required documents, such as immunization records or proof of residence.
Overview This act aims to remove barriers to permanency for the hundreds of thousands of children who are in the child protective system. The specific intentions of MEPA-IEP are to:
• decrease the length of time that children wait to be adopted;
• facilitate the identification and recruitment of foster and adoptive parents
who can meet children’s needs; and
• prevent discrimination in the placement of children on the basis of race,
color or national origin.
MEPA-IEP is fully consistent with the Adoption 2002 Initiative and also complements the emphasis of the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act, ASFA, on a child's health and safety as the paramount concern in child welfare decisions. This emphasis implies that no factors, including racial or ethnic factors, should be taken into account in placement decisions unless they have a specific and demonstrable bearing on the child's health and safety.
In conjunction with these and other federal policies, MEPA-IEP offers child welfare agencies an unprecedented opportunity to make early and individualized assessments of a child's needs, expand the pool of qualified foster and adoptive parents and make prompt placements based on the distinctive characteristics of each child.
Overview Act 201 of 2002 establishes the right of a birth parent to leave a newborn child in the custody of a hospital without legal consequences. The parent can express their desire either verbally or through actions. It also delineates the rights and responsibilities of the county agency regarding the child and birth parent.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit requirements and guidance related to legislative changes to the Newborn Protection Act as amended by Act 91 of 2014 and Act 68 of 2017. These changes include allowing police officers at police stations and emergency services providers on the grounds of an entity employing emergency services providers to accept newborns, as well as, an optional provision for Safe Haven locations to provide an incubator for the acceptance of a newborn. This bulletin rescinds and replaces OCYF Bulletin #3490-11-01, Implementation of Act 201 of 2002, previously released in July 2011.
Overview A federal act dealing with identifying and protecting children and youth at risk of sex trafficking, as well as improving opportunities for children in foster care and supporting permanency, particularly older youth permanency.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to inform public and private children, youth and family service system agencies, resource families, and county contracted out-of-home placement settings, which are supported through Title IV-E or IV-B funds, about the legislative provisions for promoting normalcy for children in youth in out-of-home placement through reasonable and prudent parenting standards (RPPS)
Overview This section of the act authorizes grandparents, siblings, step-siblings, aunts and uncles to receive temporary assistance for needy families, TANF, grants for the care of dependent children. The 1962 amendments authorized federal reimbursement for children in licensed foster homes, group homes and childcare institutions. Title IV and its regulations do not prohibit relatives from becoming licensed foster parents and receiving federally funded foster care boarding rates to care for a child placed in their home by the child welfare system.
Overview This federal act makes it easier for educational information to be shared with child welfare agencies without the formal permission of the parents. This information is necessary in order to provide an appropriate educational placement for children in out-of-home care.
Overview The primary purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the responsibilities of county children and youth agencies regarding educational stability and continuity for all children receiving services from a child welfare agency, including children in out-of-home care, as well as those receiving services in their own homes. To that end, this bulletin incorporates and supplements the information provided in the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Special Transmittal, dated February 24, 2009, entitled “Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351) herein referred to as “Fostering Connections”. Secondarily, this bulletin is purposed to enhance the protection of the educational rights of children receiving services from the county children and youth agency through the introduction and mandated implementation of, an Educational Screen. This bulletin rescinds and replaces OCYF Bulletin 3130-08-01 entitled “Education Stability and Continuity for Children in Substitute Care” issued October 1, 2008.
Overview The primary purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the responsibilities of county children and youth agencies regarding educational stability and continuity for all children receiving services from a child welfare agency, including children in out-of-home care, as well as those receiving services in their own homes. To that end, this bulletin incorporates and supplements the information provided in the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Special Transmittal, dated February 24, 2009, entitled “Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351) herein referred to as “Fostering Connections”. Secondarily, this bulletin is purposed to enhance the protection of the educational rights of children receiving services from the county children and youth agency through the introduction and mandated implementation of, an Educational Screen. This bulletin rescinds and replaces OCYF Bulletin 3130-08-01 entitled “Education Stability and Continuity for Children in Substitute Care” issued October 1, 2008.
Overview The primary purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the responsibilities of county children and youth agencies regarding educational stability and continuity for all children receiving services from a child welfare agency, including children in out-of-home care, as well as those receiving services in their own homes. To that end, this bulletin incorporates and supplements the information provided in the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Special Transmittal, dated February 24, 2009, entitled “Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351) herein referred to as “Fostering Connections”. Secondarily, this bulletin is purposed to enhance the protection of the educational rights of children receiving services from the county children and youth agency through the introduction and mandated implementation of, an Educational Screen. This bulletin rescinds and replaces OCYF Bulletin 3130-08-01 entitled “Education Stability and Continuity for Children in Substitute Care” issued October 1, 2008.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the responsibilities of county children and youth agencies regarding educational stability and continuity for children in county custody.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to release guidance to county and state officials, public and private children and youth social service agencies and stakeholders regarding the Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) voluntary certification process for child residential facilities or Supervised Independent Living (SIL) programs that provide specialized services to:
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide guidance to child residential and day treatment programs that are licensed, supervised or funded by the Department of Public Welfare (Department) to assist in the implementation of strategies and practices that lead to the elimination of unnecessary restraint through promoting environments free of violence and coercion and the safe and best practice management of children.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify that prone manual restraints (“prone restraints”) are prohibited in child residential and day treatment facilities that are licensed under 55 Pa. Code Chapter 3800 (relating to child residential and day treatment facilities).,
Overview This bulletin provides clarification of requirements relating to child support activities in the children and youth program based on recent updates in the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM), section 8.4C Title IV-E, General Title IV-E Requirements, Child support, issued by the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
An update to the CWPM on June 8, 2022, and a joint letter from the ACF and the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) released on July 29, 2022, revised practices in the Social Security Act (the Act) relating to a Title IV-E agency securing an assignment of the rights to child support for children receiving Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments. ACF has clarified “where appropriate” in Section 471(a)(17) of the Act, so that the default position in these determinations can be for the Title IV-E agency not to secure an assignment of these rights. The update focused on removing Question 2 and adding Question 5 in Section 8.4C Title IV-E Requirements, Child support, of the CWPM
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide guidance to all child-serving state and county agencies, family and youth advocacy organizations, and both physical and behavioral managed care organizations that are involved in case planning for children and youth with complex needs up to age 21.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit policy and guidance to public and private child welfare agencies about the implementation of concurrent planning for children in out of home care in Pennsylvania (PA).
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to set forth the common policy of the Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Education regarding educational services for students who receive non-educational placements.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide policies and procedures regarding the placement of children with emergency caregivers, a placement option for children in the custody of the county agency. This bulletin replaces Children, Youth and Families Bulletin 3140-03-08/ 3490-03-04, Child Placements with Emergency Caregivers, which was issued on July 28, 2003.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the Department’s policy on payment for behavioral health treatment services for children served in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and describe the Department of Public Welfare’s (Department) Integrated Children’s Services Initiative.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to inform in-state Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) providers of the protocol that has been established for notifying the Department of Public Welfare (Department) and the Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy (PPA), of serious occurrences resulting from the use of restraints. It informs providers that the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) will report the occurrence to the PPA upon receipt of notification of a serious occurrence resulting from the use of restraints.
Overview The well-being of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and/or substance use disorders and their families requires that all involved child/adolescent-serving systems and providers work intensively and collaboratively, in order to implement Pennsylvania's CASSP Principles. This means that both structures and practices at all levels are consistent with, and promote the six CASSP Principles, i.e. child-centered, family-focused, community-based, culturally competent, multi-system, and least restrictive/least intrusive. Given the Commonwealth's strong reliance on counties to develop policies and practices to meet the needs of its members and the historical partnership between counties and state government, it is especially important that CASSP Principles be understood and implemented at the county level.
What follows are performance expectations and recommended guidelines for the implementation of CASSP Principles and what is often referred to as the
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide the relevant statutes related to Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (PP&A) staff, subcontractors and designated agents in order for them to have access to individuals with disabilities, the facilities in which they receive services and their records in accordance with its federal statutory mandate to protect and advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to revise the procedures of the Department of Human Services (Department), Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) for sending notification of critical events that have occurred in a child residential or day treatment facility, an approved foster and pre-adoptive home, or a Youth Development Center (YDC) or a Youth Forestry Camp (YFC) that may represent a risk of harm to the children and youth placed in those settings. This bulletin rescinds and replaces OCYF Bulletin #00-19-02, titled Notification Protocol for Formal Licensing Actions and Incidents, which was issued in August 2019.
Overview The purposes of this bulletin are to reiterate the guidelines and requirements for choosing permanent legal custodianship (PLC) as a permanency option for children who have been adjudicated dependent, or delinquent with shared case responsibility. And for exercising the option to subsidize this permanency choice. This bulletin further introduces new legislation that allows states the opportunity to use federal funding to subsidize relative/kinship PLC caregivers in eligible cases. Although the new legislation refers to this program as the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP), it will continue to be referred to as subsidized permanent legal custodianship (SLPC) in Pennsylvania. Lastly, the bulletin lists programmatic and eligibility differences between federal, State and county SPLC arrangements. Included are references to applicable federal and Commonwealth statutes and regulations.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide requirements and guidelines for the use of permanent legal custodianship (PLC) as a permanency option for children who have been adjudicated dependent or delinquent, as well as the requirements for when a subsidy is paid to the custodian for the care of the child. This bulletin also includes references to applicable Commonwealth statutes and regulation and practice considerations for county children and youth agencies and county juvenile probation offices to consider when recommending a goal of placement with a permanent legal custodian for a child.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to inform County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYAs) of the policies and procedures that relate to determining Title IV-E eligibility and reimbursability for Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship (SPLC) in accordance with applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and policies.
Overview This bulletin rescinds and replaces Bulletin 3490-00-02 entitled “Safety Assessment and Safety Planning Protocol and Format.” The original bulletin provided a protocol and format for the implementation of safety assessments and safety planning to conform to the requirements of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA). The information provided in this bulletin identifies a safety assessment process to be completed for each child within the child’s current living situation. Use of this safety assessment process will allow for a more systematic and consistent statewide process of conducting safety assessments and safety planning.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit to public children and youth agencies (herein referred to as county agencies) requirements related to a statewide policy establishing when a referral can be designated as a General Protective Services (GPS) report, screen-out protocols, and response times for GPS report assessments. This bulletin rescinds and replaces Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) Bulletin #3490-12-01, titled Statewide General Protective Services Response Times which was issued in April 2012. County agencies that already have policies related to screening out GPS reports and response times that are more restrictive than the policy contained in this bulletin are permitted to continue with their individual agency policy.
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to inform county and state officials; public and private children, youth and family service system agencies; children’s advocacy programs; community-based domestic violence programs; rape crisis centers; and stakeholders of the requirements of PA Act 115 of 2016 (Act 115) and of PA Act 130 of 2018 (Act 130) and to clarify how they co-exist with statutory requirements at:
• Public Law 113-183, Preventing Sex Trafficking & Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113-183)
• PA Act 105 of 2014, Pennsylvania’s Comprehensive Anti-Human Trafficking Law: 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 3001-3072 (Act 105)
Overview The purpose of this bulletin is to provide a framework in which County Children and Youth Agencies (CCYA) and Juvenile Probation Offices (JPO) can work to support the practice of Shared Case Responsibility (SCR), formerly referred to as Shared Case Management. This practice refers to the sharing of the responsibility for care of and services to youth who are under the direct supervision of either CCYA or JPO, or both concurrently, and the families of these youth. The intent is to emphasize issues related to the delivery of services provided to this target population, as well as to clarify accountability issues in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS). While the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) has no regulatory authority over JPO, the Juvenile Court Judge’s Commission (JCJC) encourages JPO to support and implement the SCR policies and procedures set forth in this OCYF bulletin.
While this bulletin replaces and rescinds OCYF Bulletins 3140-82-01 and 3140-83-04, it is not intended to replace or substitute for OCYF Bulletins 3140-01-01, entitled Title IV-E and Medicaid Policies and Procedures Manual; 3140-06-04, entitled Random Moment Time Study Policy and Procedures (CCYA); 3140-06-03, entitled Random Moment Time Study Policy and Procedures (JPO); or 3140-06-05, entitled Federal Title IV-E & Medicaid Administrative Invoicing Procedures. These bulletins should continue to be utilized as references for Title IV-E policies and procedures when applicable.
