The AIDEN Act requires the federal government and states to collect data on incarcerated offenders' childhood experiences with the child welfare system. Specifically, the Attorney General must distribute surveys to all federal prisoners asking about any interventions they experienced as minors, such as reports of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence, and what types of services or placements resulted from those interventions. The same survey requirement applies to state prisoners as a condition for states to receive Department of Justice grants. The federal government will distribute surveys to new federal prisoners during intake within 90 days of the law's enactment and to existing prisoners within 180 days. Each year, the Attorney General and participating states must report aggregate findings to the federal Children's Bureau without including any personally identifiable information. This data collection is intended to help child welfare agencies nationwide improve their case planning and support services by identifying patterns in the histories of criminal offenders.