Foster Care Policy

First lady Melania Trump used a House Ways and Means Committee roundtable to press Congress to codify her November executive order, “Fostering the Future,” into permanent law, urging lawmakers to adopt the initiative’s goals for foster youth nationwide. Speaking alongside foster-care alumni at the bipartisan session, she framed the executive order as a “transformative vision” and laid out concrete aims — preparing youth aging out of care for entry-level jobs, financial independence and entrepreneurship rather than long-term government assistance — while challenging Congress to make those opportunities a legal priority.