United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-06-08 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:AIMD-94-37 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-37 P0b002ee1803a5113 f:ai94037 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-37 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-37 AIMD-94-37 Management information systems Requirements definition Systems architecture Data collection operations Federal/state relations Computerized information systems Reporting requirements Foster children Child adoption Welfare services Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program AFDC HHS Child Support Enforcement Program APWA Voluntary Cooperative Information System HHS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Title IV-E Foster Care Program NCCAN National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System California Connecticut Kentucky Texas Washington Anne Arundel County (MD) Lapeer County (MI) Montgomery County (MD) Chapter Report AIMD The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took more than 7 years--5 years past the legislative deadline--to issue final regulations for the nationwide adoption and foster care data collection system, and states will not be required to begin sending data for the system until mid-1995. Without a nationwide system, federal and state policymakers have not had the demographic and other information they need to establish adoption and foster care policies. States developing child welfare information systems have also not known what data they should design their system to collect to meet reporting requirements for the nationwide system. In addition, although states have been receiving federal financial assistance to develop automated child welfare information systems, they have not, until recently, received adequate guidance from HHS on the capabilities the systems should have. HHS has started to address many of these issues. It has issued final regulations for the nationwide system, issued functional requirements for states' child welfare information, worked with states to develop a draft system model for other states to follow when developing their systems, and hired a contractor to help states develop their systems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-37/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-37.htm GAO/AIMD-94-37 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-37 Chapter Report GAO/AIMD-94-37; Child Welfare: HHS Begins to Assume Leadership to Implement National and State Systems; Management information systems Requirements definition Systems architecture Data collection operations Federal/state relations Computerized information systems Reporting requirements Foster children Child adoption Welfare services Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program AFDC HHS Child Support Enforcement Program APWA Voluntary Cooperative Information System HHS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Title IV-E Foster Care Program NCCAN National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System California Connecticut Kentucky Texas Washington Anne Arundel County (MD) Lapeer County (MI) Montgomery County (MD)