A Home for Every Child

A happy multigenerational family hugging and having fun outside.

Alex J. Adams, PharmD, MPH, serves as Assistance Secretary for Family Support, leading the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Assistance 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 fost er homes. This webpage showcases resources that support the priorities identified by Assistance Secretary Adams.

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Breaking Silos: Collaborative Efforts to Support Infants and Parents in the Child Welfare System

Stakeholder Resource

In the child welfare system, where families often face compounding challenges, coordinated efforts can prevent deeper system involvement and promote family stability. Every role contributes a distinct and essential piece to achieving…

Summer Nutrition Programs for Kinship/Grandfamilies

Fact / Tip Sheet

When the school year ends, millions of children lose access to the school breakfasts and lunches they rely on during the school year. This can exacerbate summertime food insecurity for those children in kinship. The Summer Nutrition Programs are…

Child Welfare: States’ Use of TANF and Other Major Federal Funding Sources

Report

To help ensure that children have safe and permanent homes, the federal government provides states with funding for child welfare programs. Some sources of federal funding, such as Title IV-E and Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, are…

Leveraging Family Resource Centers to Support Kinship Families

Fact / Tip Sheet

Family Resource Centers (FRCs) are community-based resource hubs where families can access support to promote child safety and child and family well-being. As conveniently located community or school-based hubs, FRCs bundle and co-locate many…

Collaborating to Advance a Cross-Sector Approach for Child Welfare Transformation

Research-To-Practice Brief

This brief describes the American Public Human Services Association and Chapin Hall’s partnership to build momentum and consensus for child welfare system transformation by bringing together human services agency leadership, experts with lived…

HHS Should Help States Address Barriers to Using Federal Funds for Programs Serving Youth Transitioning to Adulthood

Report

The transition from adolescence to adulthood is a critical period and can be particularly difficult for youth aging out of foster care. Administered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program…