National Foster Youth Institute
Coverage of National Foster Youth Institute in the Nexus archive.
- Melania launches Trump Accounts for foster kids — and Democratic governors want no part of it
First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Fostering the Future Accounts, a program providing $1,000 to U.S. newborns through Trump Accounts, with a focus on foster children. The initiative allows child welfare agencies to act as guardians for foster care enrollment, starting July 4, for children born between 2025 and 2028. Twenty-three Republican governors have pledged to enroll children in the program, which aims to improve long-term financial outcomes for foster youth.
- Foster care families advocate for foster-to-college pipeline in Ohio bill
Foster care families and advocates in Ohio are pushing for a bill to create a foster-to-college pipeline, aiming to improve educational resources for foster children from K-12 to higher education. The bipartisan Ohio House Bill 25 requires schools to designate foster family navigators and mandates collaboration between state agencies to support foster youth.