National Youth in Transition Database—Instructional Guidebook and Architectural Blueprint (Executive Summary)

The John F. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program required the Administration for Children and Families to created a National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) that can be used to track the Chafee-funded independent living services that states provide to youth who transition from foster care. This guidebook addresses what NYTD regulations requires states to do, planning and preparing to implement NYTD, regional/coordinated approach, outsourcing of tracking and data collection, and tools for locating and tracking youth.