Press Room

March 9, 2026 - StateScoop: Four states join federal tech initiative to improve foster care ratios  

March 9, 2026 - The Imprint: In Many States, Federal Funding Restrictions on Foster Care Group Facilities Has Not Reduced Placements

March 9, 2026 - The Imprint Weekly (Podcast): The Future of Federal Research on Youth and Families  

March 6, 2026 - Washington Times: Trump HHS undoes Biden rule forcing foster homes to affirm transgender children

March 6, 2026 - EWTN: Trump administration repeals gender, sexuality affirmation rules for foster homes

March 5, 2026 - Reading Eagle: Immigrant advocates urge closure of Berks detention facility, citing ’history of abuse’

March 3, 2026 - The Imprint: The Latest on A Home for Every Child  

March 3, 2026 - ABC: HHS warns states about removing kids from homes without parents’ approval over gender identity disputes

March 3, 2026 - Legal Insurrection: Minnesota Child Care Agency Never Verified Attendance, Addressed Fraud Tips  

March 2, 2026 - Johnson City Press: TN enters national initiative to expand foster program  

Feb. 28, 2026 - Herald News: Lee joins 'A Home for Every Child' initiative to expand foster care capacity  

Feb. 26, 2026 - Daily Caller: Trump Administration Hitting Right Notes On Foster Care Reform  

Feb. 25, 2026 - WZTV Fox 17: Gov. Lee confirms Tennessee will grow foster homes, support kinship caregivers statewide

Feb. 25, 2026 - TN Office of the Governor: Gov. Lee Joins Trump Administration’s “A Home for Every Child” Initiative to Expand Foster Care Capacity and Strengthen Families

Feb. 25, 2026 - NOLA: Louisiana needs more foster parents. Here's what the state is doing to boost recruitment.

Feb. 25, 2026 - New Republic: The Trump Administration’s War on Data Has Fresh Casualties

Feb. 24, 2026 - KIMT3 News: Iowa announces new high tech child welfare partnership

Feb. 24, 2026 - Louisiana News First: Louisiana moves to safeguard federal benefits for foster children

Feb. 23, 2026 - Child Welfare Wonk: The Behavioral Health Ceiling on A Home for Every Child

Feb. 19, 2026 - Fox News: HHS wipes out 36,000 pages of ’regulatory dark matter’ in sweeping child welfare office purge

Feb. 17, 2026 - Child Welfare Wonk: Making A Home for Every Child Work

Feb. 16, 2026 - Idaho Capital Sun: Idaho House will consider bill to protect foster youths' survivor benefits 

Feb. 16, 2026 - The Imprint: Restructuring on the Horizon for ACF’s Research Branch

Feb. 12, 2026 - Jefferson City News Tribune: Missouri joins Trump-led foster care initiative

Feb. 12, 2026 - Fox 2 NOW: New partnership aims to improve Missouri’s foster care system

Feb. 12, 2026 - KSMU: Missouri governor says state will participate in a Trump administration foster care initiative

Feb. 12, 2026 - KFVS12: Missouri among first states to join ’A Home for Every Child’ initiative 

Feb. 11, 2026 - KFOR: Oklahoma joins national initiative to help foster care system

Feb. 11, 2026 - News on 6: Oklahoma Becomes First State to Join “A Home for Every Child” Initiative

Feb. 11, 2026 - KJRH: Oklahoma becomes first state to join national initiative to improve foster care

Feb. 11, 2026 - Koco News 5 ABC: Oklahoma becomes first state to join national foster home initiative

Feb. 4, 2026 - CNN: Experts sound alarm on growing child exploitation in the age of AI

Feb. 2, 2026 - The Imprint: Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for Prevention , by Alex Adams

Feb. 2, 2026 - The Daily Signal: How Trump is Preventing More Children from Entering Foster Care System

Feb. 2, 2026 - Dailyfly: Federal child welfare funding expanded to cover opioid treatment medications

Jan. 27, 2026 - Nebraska Examiner: Nebraska will no longer divert foster care survivor benefits toward costs of care

Jan. 27, 2026 - The Center Square: States, caregivers can now view key metrics for state child welfare systems

Jan. 27, 2026 - HuffPost: Trump Administration Puts Mississippi On Notice About Welfare Fraud Penalty

Jan. 23, 2026 - The Imprint: Trump Administration Threatens Minnesota With Multimillion-Dollar Penalty for Not Disclosing Day Care Data

Jan. 23, 2026 - Fox News: Minnesota 'on the clock' as HHS threatens penalties over childcare fraud scandal

Jan. 23, 2026 - New York Post: HHS threatens Minnesota with having to repay millions over failure to provide child care center records  

Jan. 13, 2026 - City Journal: Homes Waiting for Children, Not Children Waiting for Homes, by Alex Adams

Jan. 12, 2026 - NPR: Trump administration tells states to end 'orphan tax' on foster kids

Jan. 12, 2026 - The Imprint Weekly (Podcast): Headlines: Trump Administration News, Foster Care and Child Fatalities, and More

Jan. 9, 2026 - The Imprint: President Trump Has Made His Pick for the Federal Children’s Bureau

Jan. 7, 2026 - Idaho Reports: Interview: Alex Adams at the Administration for Children and Families  

Jan. 7, 2026 - The Washington Post: Trump administration freezes child care funds for 5 Democratic-led states 

Jan. 7, 2026 - Reuters: Trump freezes over $10 billion in childcare, family assistance funds to 5 US states

Jan. 6, 2026 - The Imprint: Trump Administration Says it’s Frozen $10 Billion in Child Care and Child Welfare Funding for Democratic-led States

Jan. 5, 2026 - NPR: Amid fraud claims, Trump admin announces more changes to federal child care funding

Jan. 2, 2026 - Fox News: HHS official details federal actions against Minnesota after fraud allegations  

Jan. 1, 2026 - NBC/AP: What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds  

Jan. 1, 2026 - ABC 11: Child care payments on pause in all states following alleged fraud in Minnesota, US DHHS says  

Dec. 31, 2025 - Newsmax: Alex Adams to Newsmax: States Must Justify Payments to Get Funds

Dec. 31, 2025 - The Guardian: Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states  

Dec. 31, 2025 - PBS: What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds

Dec. 31, 2025 - Reuters: Trump administration tightens US childcare reporting requirements, no funds frozen in Minnesota

Dec. 31, 2025 - The Washington Post: Trump administration freezes child care payments to Minnesota

Dec. 18, 2025 - The Imprint: How States Stack Up on Trump’s “A Home for Every Child” Agenda

Dec. 30, 2025 - The Hill: HHS freezes child care payments to Minnesota; requires photo evidence across country  

Dec. 29, 2025 - The 74: 2025 Research Roundup: 3 Pressing Themes Shaping Early Care and Education

Dec. 28, 2025 - Daily Signal: 5 Trump Moves From 2025 You Didn’t Hear About From Legacy Media

Dec. 28, 2025 - Blanquivioletas: It’s official—the United States is pressuring 39 states to reimburse thousands of dollars in Social Security benefits withdrawn from foster children

Dec. 26, 2025 - The Imprint: Top Stories of 2025: The DOGE Impact on Child Welfare and Youth Justice

Dec. 26, 2025 - The Crescent-News: Defiance grad appointed assistant secretary in federal agency

Dec. 26, 2025 - The Imprint: Trump Administration Cancels Several DEI-Related Child Welfare Grants

Dec. 24, 2025 - Washington Examiner: The fight for Social Security survivor benefits

Dec. 22, 2025 - National Governors Association (NGA): A Home for Every Child — ACF Child Welfare Spotlight  

Dec. 22, 2025 - CBS2 Idaho News: Idaho thinking on the national stage: Idaho's former Health and Welfare director

Dec. 22, 2025 - Statescoop: Why don’t more child welfare agencies use predictive risk models?

Winter 2025 - Policy & Practice (P&P): A Conversation with ACF  

Dec. 19, 2025 - The Imprint: Why We Are Putting the PIP on a PIP , by Alex Adams

Dec. 19, 2025 - Daily Signal: EXCLUSIVE: Trump Nixes COVID-19-Era ’Regulatory Burden’ on Early Education Program

Dec. 18, 2025 - Fox News: Massachusetts drops controversial gender ideology mandate for licensing foster care parents

Dec. 18, 2025 - The Imprint: Alex Adams Seeks Names in Hasty Push For Personal Data of Minnesota Social Service and Foster Care Recipients

Dec. 17, 2025 - The Washington Post: On faith and foster care, one state does the right thing

Dec. 16, 2025 - Fox News: HHS probes Minnesota's use of billions in federal social service funds amid fraud concerns: report

Dec. 16, 2025 - New York Post: HHS probes whether billions in taxpayer money sent to Minnesota fueled ’illegal and mass migration'

Dec. 15, 2025 - The Imprint Weekly (Podcast): Trump’s Top Child Welfare Official: An Interview with Alex Adams

Dec. 14, 2025 - The Imprint: Trump’s Top Child Welfare Official Promises ’Bonfire’ of Deregulation and a Host of Other Goals

Dec. 10, 2025 - WonkCast (Podcast): Where Alex Adams is Leading ACF

Dec. 10, 2025 - The Ranch Podcast (Video): Children & Families Services in the US with Alex Adams  

Dec. 2, 2025 - The Imprint Weekly (Podcast): Trump’s Second Term Child Welfare Agenda

Nov. 29, 2025 - KTVB: Former Idaho DHW director Alex Adams sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services

Nov. 27, 2025 - Idaho Capital Sun: Former Idaho health official brings same foster home focus to federal post  

Nov. 26, 2025 - Here We Have Idaho (Podcast): Alex Adams Assistant Secretary for the Administration of Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Nov. 21, 2025 - Daily Signal: Delivering on President Trump’s Call to Strengthen Foster Care: A Home for Every Child , by Alex Adams

Nov. 17, 2025 - Newsweek: AI Chatbots Are Becoming a Public Health Threat—Especially for Kids , by Kevin Malone

Dec. 11, 2025 - The Imprint: The Odd Bipartisan Effort to Oversell the Evidence for Home Visiting

Sept. 29, 2025 - Washington Examiner: Toward a pro-work, pro-family welfare model , by Andrew Gradison 

Sept. 27, 2025 - The Hill: Trump delivers on child care once again , by Andrew Gradison

Sept. 22, 2025 - The Daily Signal: Trump Admin Aims to Fix Problem That Made It ’Much Harder’ to Fight Human Trafficking

Aug. 26, 2025 - The Ross Kaminsky Show: INTERVIEW: HHS Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison On Appropriate Sex Ed  

Aug. 25, 2025 - Fox News: Newsom's California used taxpayer funds to indoctrinate children. Trump is ending that insanity , by Andrew Gradison