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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



