Summary

Designates May as National Foster Care Month by expressing support for recognizing children and youth in foster care, honoring foster families and caregivers, and highlighting the needs and achievements of foster youth and alumni. The resolution summarizes recent data and challenges in the foster care system and urges continued work to improve prevention, reunification, and post‑permanency supports through existing child welfare programs. The measure is a nonbinding House resolution that raises awareness and encourages attention to Title IV‑B and IV‑E programs and other efforts that aim to keep children safe, promote family stability, and support young people transitioning from foster care.

Key Points

• Expresses support for designating May as National Foster Care Month.
• Summarizes current challenges in the foster care system, including placement instability and COVID‑19 impacts.
• Recognizes foster youth, alumni, foster and kinship caregivers, and child welfare staff and volunteers.
• Urges continued work on prevention, reunification, and post‑permanency supports.
• Highlights programs under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act but does not change funding or law.
• Is a nonbinding, symbolic resolution focused on awareness and encouragement rather than new requirements.
• References prior federal actions (e.g., Family First) and calls for further improvements to achieve safe, permanent families.

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