National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) IEPD

ACF established the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) through regulations at 45 CFR 1356.80 — 86 to meet a statutory requirement of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-169) to track independent living services and develop outcome measures for states’ independent living programs. States submit all NYTD data electronically to ACF on a semiannual basis. National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) compliance and the NYTD IEPD are not required for NYTD submissions. The NYTD IEPD provides an option to states that may be receiving NYTD information collected at local agency offices. For example, local agency offices can use this IEPD to send NYTD information to the state office to support preparation of the state NYTD file submitted to ACF.