A Home for Every Child

A Home for Every Child is a national initiative of the Administration for Children and Families focused on ensuring that every child has the opportunity to grow up in a safe, stable, and loving home.

The initiative is designed to address both sides of the child welfare equation by reducing entries into foster care through effective prevention and by increasing the availability of foster and kinship homes through stronger recruitment, kin-first approaches, and improved retention of caregivers.

At its core, A Home for Every Child is about right-sizing the ratio of available homes to children in need so that there are homes waiting on kids, not kids waiting on homes.

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.

Read More on Leadership: https://acf.gov/about/bio/alex-j-adams

Read More on A Home for Every Child: https://acf.gov/a-home-for-every-child

Federal Nutrition Programs & Kinship/Grandfamilies Series: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Webinar / Webcast

Families caring for relatives’ children often rely on multiple supports, including nutrition assistance. The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network will host a webinar on May 19, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. to explain how the Supplemental Nutrition…

Caring for Those Who Are Caring for Everyone: The Sandwich Generation

Fact / Tip Sheet

Many Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) participants are balancing care for both children and aging relatives, creating unique financial and emotional pressures. This Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network tipsheet brings…

Family Structure Index, 2026: A Hope and a Future

Report

This report by the Institute for Family Studies explores how different family structures are associated with child well-being outcomes, highlighting patterns that link stability in the home with stronger developmental outcomes for children. The…

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 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…