[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3931-S3932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING A HOME FOR EVERY CHILD

  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I commend the Administration for Children 
and Families, ACF, for its achievement in securing the participation of 
all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in the A Home 
for Every Child Campaign.
  This milestone represents a meaningful bipartisan accomplishment: 
every jurisdiction choosing to join a voluntary effort focused on 
improving the lives of vulnerable children and families. At a time when 
consensus can be difficult to achieve, this campaign demonstrates that 
leaders across the political spectrum can unite around the fundamental 
goal of ensuring every child has a safe, stable, and loving home.
  This initiative is rooted in Idaho, where it is transforming the 
child welfare system and resolving the shortage of quality foster 
homes. The Gem State's model has improved foster care outcomes by 
achieving higher home-to-child ratios, prioritizing kinship 
recruitment, and preventing both unnecessary placements into care and 
burnout by current foster families. With the support of every State, 
that innovative approach is now being successfully implemented at the 
national level by Dr. Alex Adams, the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services Assistant Secretary for Family Support, who previously 
served as Idaho's Health and Welfare Director.
  As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, I was proud to help 
enact the Working Families Tax Cuts that made the adoption tax credit 
partially refundable up to $5,000, helping offset the costs of adopting 
a child. And the Trump administration announced plans to help foster 
youth participate in the Trump Accounts created in the law to help the 
next generation build wealth,

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with Idaho pledging to adopt policies that will allow all its foster 
youth the same opportunity.
  By strengthening collaboration between the Federal Government and 
States, ACF is helping transform outcomes for children and families 
while establishing a model for strategic Federal-State partnerships. I 
thank the foster families across Idaho and the country who provide the 
stability and love every child deserves. I commend ACF, participating 
State and Territorial leaders, and all those working to make this 
vision a reality.

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