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A final rule was published on February 26, 2008 in the Federal Register (73 FR 10338) which amends the Federal regulations at 45 CFR 1356. The final rule implements the data collection requirements of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-169) as incorporated into the Social Security Act at section 477, and requires States to collect and report data to the Administration of Children and Families on youth who are receiving independent living services and on the outcomes of certain youth who are in foster care or who age out of foster care. In this final rule, we have made revisions to the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2006 (71 FR 40346), in response to the many comments we received.