---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1355.41"
title: "45"
number: "1355.41"
heading: "Scope of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1355.41"
---

# §1355.41. Scope of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System.

- (a) This section applies to state and tribal title IV-E agencies unless indicated for state title IV-E agencies only.
- (b) An agency described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must report information on the characteristics and experiences of a child in the reporting populations described in [§ 1355.42](/cfr/45/1355.42.md). The title IV-E agency must submit the information collected to ACF on a semi-annual basis in an out-of-home care data file and adoption assistance data file as required in [§ 1355.43](/cfr/45/1355.43.md), pertaining to information described in §§ [1355.44](/cfr/45/1355.44.md) and [1355.45](/cfr/45/1355.45.md) and in a format according to ACF's specifications.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 90569, Dec. 14, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 28424, May 12, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 620 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Amendments

[81 FR 90569, Dec. 14, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 28424, May 12, 2020]