A Home for Every Child

A happy multigenerational family hugging and having fun outside.

Alex J. Adams, PharmD, MPH, serves as Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families. Assistant Secretary Adams brings years of health, human services, education, and regulatory expertise to advance President Trump and Secretary Kennedy’s broader vision to Make America Healthy Again. Prior to leading ACF, Dr. Adams spent more than ten years in Idaho State Government. He led the Governor’s zero-based regulation initiative, which resulted in Idaho becoming the least regulated state in the nation. Dr. Adams also made significant efforts to improve Idaho’s child welfare system, enacting kin-specific licensing standards, announcing paid family leave for foster parents, extending foster care to age 23, and overseeing record recruitment and retention of foster homes. This webpage showcases resources that support the priorities identified by Assistant Secretary Adams.

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How Family Dynamics are Unique in Kinship Families

Webinar / Webcast

The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network will host a webinar on April 22, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET to explain how family dynamics in kinship families differ from those in other families. TANF programs working with kinship families can use this…

CWLA 2026 Conference

Event

Child Abuse Prevention Resources from the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services

Stakeholder Resource

This resource page from the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services highlights state-level prevention strategies, including in-home family support and kinship navigator programs. TANF programs can use these models to expand prevention…

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Webpage

Stakeholder Resource

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resource provides evidence-based strategies and tools to help prevent child abuse and neglect, including the Prevention Resource for Action. The resource highlights practical approaches that…

Thriving Families, Safer Children

Stakeholder Resource

This initiative highlights the importance of coordinated, community-based approaches to supporting families and preventing child welfare involvement. TANF programs can use this model to strengthen cross-system partnerships and align services…

How Can Child Protection Agencies and Faith-Based Organizations Work Together to Meet Family Needs?

Stakeholder Resource

This resource, released by Casey Family Programs, examines how child protection agencies can work alongside faith-based and community-based organizations to better meet the needs of families involved in or at risk of involvement with the child…