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Arkansas Failed to Comply With the Immediate Screening, Risk and Safety Assessment, and Investigation Requirements for Responding to Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect

In 2024, ORR’s National Call Center Connected Children with Supports and Services

National Overview of State-Level Challenges and Efforts To Minimize or Eliminate Temporary Emergency Placements in Foster Care

The Office of Refugee Resettlement Needs To Improve Its Monitoring of Unlicensed Unaccompanied Alien Children Program Care Providers’ Compliance With Background Check Requirements

Alaska Missed Opportunities to Protect American Indian and Alaska Native Children Missing from Foster Care

New York Should Improve Its Monitoring of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Subrecipients

ACF’s $529 Million Sole Source Contract Award for Unaccompanied Alien Children Services Was Based on an Unsolicited Proposal, Double the Cost Estimate, and Noncompliant With Pre-Award Requirements

ACF Can Improve Services to Homeless Youth by Strengthening Grant Recipients’ Compliance With Transitional Living Program Requirements

West Virginia Did Not Comply With Intake, Screening, Assessment, and Investigation Requirements for Responding to Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect

ACF Did Not Award, Monitor, and Close Selected Contracts for the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program in Accordance With Federal Requirements

ACF Did Not Monitor States’ Compliance With All American Rescue Plan Child Care Stabilization Grant Provisions

Michigan Did Not Effectively Monitor Home Heating Benefits Provided Under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Minnesota Could Better Ensure That Childcare Assistance Providers Comply With Attendance Requirements

Little Overlap Exists Between ORR-Funded Foster Care and the US Domestic Foster Care System

ACF Used Contractor Personnel To Perform Inherently Governmental Functions and Paid Millions in Potentially Unallowable Costs

Maine Did Not Comply With Screening, Assessment, and Investigation Requirements for Responding to Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect

Most Children in Foster Care Did Not Receive Credit Checks and Assistance

Many States Lack Information To Monitor Maltreatment in Residential Facilities for Children in Foster Care

Medicaid Enrollees May Not Be Screened for Intimate Partner Violence Because of Challenges Reported by Primary Care Clinicians

ACF Has Enhanced Some Cybersecurity Controls Over the Unaccompanied Children Portal and Data But Improvements Are Needed

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