In September 2021, the Children’s Bureau (CB) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Technical Bulletins (TBs) #7 (CCWIS Technical Assistance, Self-Assessment Tools, and Monitoring Reviews) and #8 (CCWIS Data Exchange Standards), providing important tools to help title IV-E agencies think about the evolving landscape of the CCWIS journey.

We are proud to share that University Instructors, a Public Consulting Group Company, has partnered with ETS, a nonprofit research, learning, and assessments organization, to launch the Praxis^® Learning Paths™ program.

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), signed into law on March 11, 2021, provides relief for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) programs with scheduled, enhanced federal financing participation to offset state expenditures.

On Friday, July 31, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court decision and upheld the provider fee that states are required to pay under Section 9010 of the ACA, on behalf of MCOs, in order for the states to receive federal reimbursement for payments to the MCOs.