On November 13, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled Fostering the Future for American Children and Families. 

The EO intent is to promote the "empowering mothers and fathers to raise their children in safe and loving homes. When crises prevent such an arrangement, our Nation’s foster care system must be ready to serve children in need."

Reviewing foster care, the Administration recognizes that children are often in the system for years causing uncertain futures after the adolescents age out of this support network. The experience might have adverse impact on the next life phases in educational, career, and relational successes. As professionals in the system review individual situations, case workers can become overburdened. With outdated technology, different jurisdictional regulations, and third-party entities engaged in the process, it is challenging for foster parents to seek opportunities to offer placements.

Adding that the Secretary of Health and Human Services can enact procedures within 180 days of the order, including:

• updating applicable regulations, policies, and practices to improve the collection, publication, utility, and transparency of child-welfare data;
• promoting modernization of child-welfare information systems and use of the most effective foster care management and outcome-tracking platforms;
• expanding the use of technological solutions, including predictive analytics and tools powered by artificial intelligence, to increase caregiver recruitment and retention rates, improve caregiver and child matching, and deploy child-welfare funding to maximally effective purposes and recipients; and
• establishing a “Fostering the Future” initiative to develop partnerships with agencies and leading private sector organizations, academic institutions, and non-profit entities to create new educational and employment opportunities for individuals who are in or are transitioning out of the foster care system;  
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Hoping to break down barriers, the Trump Administration vowed to provide “special leadership from the First Lady, will harness Federal support, technology, and strategic partnerships to provide young Americans in or transitioning out of the foster care system with the tools they need to become successful adults.” 

To read the entire Executive Order, visit https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/fostering-the-future-for-american-children-and-families/