Children Cared for by Relatives: What Services Do They Need?

December 2002 MANAGING FOR RESULTS:Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Administration for Children and Families The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) budget and performance planning processes are clearly related but are not fully integrated. Budget and planning align more closely after ACF sends the budget request and performance plan to the Department of Health and Human Services for review. Finally, unlike budget formulation, budget execution largely occurs in the regional offices, where resource allocation is often driven by program performance. Officials in ACFs Head Start, Child Support Enforcement, and Community Services Block Grant . . .