The Fox News Rundown From Washington: A Federal Push for Foster Care Reform, The "Home for Every Child" Initiative
Apr 19, 2026
Elise Stefanik, New York congresswoman and author of Poisoned Ivies, discusses campus antisemitism and shifts in higher education. Alex Adams, HHS Assistant Secretary leading Home for Every Child, explains the federal push to move kids from office settings into stable homes. They cover federal funding, state incentives, bipartisan uptake, and cultural shifts in schools.
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Home for Every Child Reframes Foster Care Priorities
- The Home for Every Child campaign re-centers child welfare around increasing foster home capacity instead of paperwork metrics.
- Alex Adams says the U.S. has only 57 homes for every 100 foster kids, causing placements in offices, hotels, and Airbnbs.
Replace Paperwork With Monthly Outcome Reporting
- Trade burdensome program improvement plans for monthly outcome reporting tied to increasing home-to-child ratios.
- Adams proposes replacing 100+ page PIPs with monthly data, scorecards, and a leaderboard to isolate effective policies.
Real Time Scorecards Drive Rapid Innovation
- Near real-time state scorecards and leaderboards enable rapid-cycle innovation and targeted technical assistance.
- Adams says 15 diverse states joined in 100 days and will report monthly so HHS can see which policies work.
