Reforming Federal Reporting and Assessments in Child Welfare

What it does

ACF proposes to remove regulations that implement title IV-B of the Social Security Act (the Act) because they are outdated and refer to dates that have passed, have been superseded by subsequent amendments to the Act, duplicate or restate requirements already in title IV-B of the Act or other Federal law, and/or impose administrative and reporting requirements on agencies that do not meaningfully support Federal program oversight and administration of title IV-B programs. Four of these regulatory requirements are redesignated to the regulations addressing titles IV-E and IV-B plan requirements. ACF also proposes to remove the regulation that articulates the principles of child and family services reviews because it does not prescribe any requirements that states and tribes must follow, but rather provides unenforceable recommendations, and to remove redundant cross-references.

The Children and Families Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

2 parts of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

45 CFR 1355, 45 CFR 1357

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0970-AD32 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Comments on this proposed rule must be received by November 4, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket ACF-2026-0562 on Regulations.gov
• Title 45 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register