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🚨All 50 states, plus Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico joined ACF’s A Home for Every Child! They committed to improve their ratio of foster homes to children in care, creating bipartisan momentum to strengthening families & recruiting foster families. More: acf.gov/50-states-join…

All 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have pledged to increase the number of licensed foster homes in a unified effort under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to an announcement Thursday. “All 50 states joining this initiative sends a powerful message: America is ready to rally around children in foster care and the families who step forward for them,” ACF Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams said in a statement. The agency launched A Home for Every Child in November to “strengthen families, prioritize prevention and recruit and retain qualified foster families,” following President Donald Trump’s Fostering the Future executive order, according to an ACF news release. @ACFHHS Read full story: bit.ly/4fac4Ky

The entire nation rallied behind A Home for Every Child! This data-driven initiative replaces compliance-focused PIPs with one metric - ratio of foster homes to kids in care - reported to ACF to be, for the first time, publicly available. @State_Scoop go.acf.gov/statescoop-50-…

Appreciate Oklahoma’s leadership @SenatorLankford and @GovStitt being the first to sign on!

Montana is proud to be part of @ACFHHS's A Home for Every Child initiative, ensuring every child has the opportunity to grow up in a safe, stable, and loving home.

"When we launched A Home for Every Child...we knew states were ready...Fifty states joining this initiative sends a powerful message: America is ready to rally around children in foster care and the families who step forward for them.”–@ACF_Adams More: go.acf.gov/spectrum-ah4ec

ACF Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tribal Affairs Kim Kovol visited native Alaskan Tribes in Nikolai, Telida, McGrath, and Takotna. At the Tanana Chiefs Conference, along the Upper Kuskokwim River, she spoke about family stability, workforce opportunities & cultural engagement.

An effective child welfare system requires modern technology that supports timely decision-making, reduces administrative burden & helps agencies improve. American children & families & the professionals who serve them deserve it. ACF supports this work: bit.ly/3QOsLmT

Happy Freedom 250!

Thanks to @FLOTUS’s leadership, child welfare agencies can now open Trump Accounts for eligible foster youth. “The First Lady has brought visibility to children who have spent far too long in the shadows," writes Darcy Olsen in @ChristianPost More: bit.ly/4eV4cwl

ACF’s most recent issue brief exposes major flaws in TANF work requirements. More from @ReadTheLion and @AudreyLStreb: acf.mobi/4xW2IuA

“At a time when too many policymakers want to throw more taxpayer money at the problem of expensive child care without tackling the underlying cost drivers, reforming regulations represents simple common sense,” said @chellivia in @dcexaminer. Read more: go.acf.gov/childcare-redt…

Let’s get to all 50 states. Fostering the Future accounts will change the trajectory of lives - grateful for @FLOTUS leadership!

Work requirements have been key to TANF since its creation 30 years ago. But in FY2024, 66% of TANF families reported 0 hours of work. If families don't meet work requirements, TANF becomes just another welfare program enabling government dependency. ➡️acf.gov/ofa/policy-gui…

Thank you, @POTUS, for signing this landmark Executive Order to scale regenerative agriculture and advance the Make America Healthy Again agenda. On Thursday, @SecRollins and I joined President Trump alongside America's leading regenerative farmers because healthier food starts with healthier soil. This Executive Order expands support for regenerative agriculture, invests in research to better understand cumulative chemical exposures, and empowers America's farmers to grow a healthier, more abundant, and more affordable food supply. We can't Make America Healthy Again without America's farmers.

Rhode Island is prioritizing foster kids & families: ➡️Ended the "orphan tax" to preserve foster youth's Social Security benefits ➡️Expanded support for youth aging out of care ➡️Boosted kinship caregiver support & prioritized prevention services @projo go.acf.gov/ri-foster-kids

ACF is partnering with @samhsagov and @CMSGov to support states in their efforts to: • Strengthen families • Prevent unnecessary foster care entry • Expand timely access to evidence-based treatment for the chronic disease of addiction More: acf.gov/cb/policy-guid…

Rhode Island will no longer divert survivor benefits away from foster youth to cover state child welfare costs. Thank you, @GovDanMcKee, for your leadership on this issue.

The Trump administration is moving fast to prioritize the interests of children and families. Read more: state.gov/releases/offic…

ACF’s Office of Child Support Enforcement is working diligently with @StateDept to hold parents accountable. Those who fail to pay child support could lose their passport, as @SenatorLankford recently explained. WATCH: