Children’s Bureau (ACYF, ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services2014-11-262014-11-262014Children’s Bureau (ACYF, ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2014). Child Welfare Outcomes 2009-2012: Report to Congress. Washington, DC: Author.https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/cwo09_12.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1902The Child Welfare Outcomes Report was created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to meet requirements of section 203(a) of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA).1 ASFA created section 479A of the Social Security Act (the Act) to require HHS to issue an annual report that assesses state performance in operating child protection and child welfare programs under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Act.2 Child Welfare Outcomes 1998 was the first report created in the Child Welfare Outcomes series of reports. The present report, Child Welfare Outcomes 2009–2012, is the thirteenth report since the series’ inception.en-USsafetypermanencywell-beingchild abusemaltreatmentstatisticsplanningDataset