ACF

@ACFHHS

Federal agency supporting the wellbeing of children & families, led by Assistant Secretary @ACF_Adams. Engagement ≠ endorsement. bit.ly/2iCRwSk

Washington, DC

Born April 15

Joined April 2013

Pinned
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Jul 9
🚨All 50 states, plus Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico joined ACF’s A Home for Every Child! They committed to improve their ratio of foster homes to children in care, creating bipartisan momentum to strengthening families & recruiting foster families. More: acf.gov/50-states-join…
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4h
New data shows state-run child support programs are more cost-effective than locally administered ones (average federal spending was $510 vs. $358 per case). There were no differences in the federal performance measures examined. Read the report: acf.gov/css/policy-gui…
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Aug 27
Florida is first-in-the-nation to block recipients from using federal cash-assistance benefits for purchases like tattoos, vaping products, or video games.
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Aug 27
👀ACF awarded $6 million in grants to 10 child welfare jurisdictions to pilot new technology aimed at improving child safety and caseworker decision-making. These predictive risk modeling pilots will give other states data on effective tools to support families & keep kids safe.
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Aug 26
“In an Archbridge Institute report earlier last year, we ranked Head Start regulations against each state’s regulations. Consistently, we ranked Head Start regulations as more burdensome,” Edward Timmons, @ArchbridgeInst VP of Policy explains. More: washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4687952…