# 2026-16414: HHS shelves 16-year-old foster care reporting rule proposal

2026-16414, Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Health and Human Services Department, Children and Families Administration published 2026-08-12, effective 2026-08-12; deemed significant under Executive Order 12866; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16414
- As of: 2026-08-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16414
- Title: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 52038
- Published: 2026-08-12
- Effective: 2026-08-12
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: yes (FR_METADATA)
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: 0970-AC23
- Last updated: 2026-08-19

## In one line

HHS shelves 16-year-old foster care reporting rule proposal

## Summary

This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2008. The proposed rule would have amended the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations at 45 CFR 1355.40 and the appendices to Part 1355 to modify the requirements for States to collect and report data to ACF on children in out-of-home care and in subsidized adoption or guardianship arrangements with the State. This document also withdraws the provision of the 2008 proposed rule that implemented the AFCARS penalty requirements of the Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-145).

## Effects PRIA read

- Withdrawal of AFCARS Data Changes: benefit, low. This document withdraws the proposed rule published January 11, 2008 that would have amended the AFCARS regulations at 45 CFR 1355.40 and the appendices to Part 1355 to modify how States collect and report data on children in out-of-home care and in subsidized adoption or guardianship arrangements.…
- Withdrawal of AFCARS Penalty Provision: benefit, low. This document withdraws the portion of the January 11, 2008 proposed rule that would have implemented the AFCARS penalty requirements of the Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-145). The withdrawal of that penalty-related provision is effective August 12, 2026.

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## Sources
- [2026-16414 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16414/adoption-and-foster-care-analysis-and-reporting-system)
- [2026-16414 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-12/pdf/2026-16414.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16414 (as of 2026-08-19).