This brochure describes activities of the three bureaus of the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF). The Children's Bureau of ACYF helps state, local, public and private agencies, and associations of agencies develop programs to assist families with problems which affect their children. Activities of the Children's Bureau focus on (1) finding permanent homes for children in the foster care system; (2) helping families deal with the problems of child abuse and neglect; (3) improving state and local child welfare services; and (4) strengthening troubled families and helping them stay together. The Head Start Bureau administers Project Head Start at the national level. The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) implements activities designed to strengthen families and meet the needs of at-risk youth. In addition, the FYSB administers the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act as reauthorized under P.L. 98-473, Sections 650-657. The Bureau's family activities aim to stimulate private sector response in developing innovative family support systems and increase public awareness by providing information on techniques of positive family functioning. The FYSB also develops areas of research, demonstration, and evaluation, and recommends actions to address critical problems, increase public awareness, and maximize utilization of project outcomes. (RH)