AFCARS User’s Guide Foster Care File Annual Supplement, FY2009

http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/UserGuidePDFs/153user.pdf

AFCARS User’s Guide
Foster Care File
Annual Supplement, FY2009
(Oct 1, 2008 through Sep 30, 2009)
NDACAN Dataset Number 153
Version 1

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
Family Life Development Center
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-4401
607-255-7799
ndacan@cornell.edu
www.ndacan.cornell.edu
Initial Release: October 01, 2010

PREFACE
The year 2009 data for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
have been given to the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect for public distribution
by the Children’s Bureau. Funding for the project was provided by the Children’s Bureau,
Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. This user’s guide supplement orients the user to the
AFCARS Foster Care data for the year 2009, and should not be confused with the supplements
detailing AFCARS data from earlier releases.