March 5, 2025
To Chairman Smith and the House Ways and Means Committee:
On behalf the National Foster Parent Association (NFPA), and thousands of foster families, kinship caregivers and adoptive parents we represent, please accept our appreciation for the passage of H.R. 579.
Our thanks to Chairman Smith and the Ways and Means Committee for your steadfast leadership and bi-partisan bill passage of H.R. 579 – the Recruiting Families Using Data Act – which addresses the dire need for more foster families in our communities.
Thank you for honoring the dedication and service of so many foster families across the country and for helping ensure stable, family-based placements and permanency for the nearly half a million children in the U.S. foster care system.
Read: The Press Release
Read: Chairman Smith’s Remarks for Debate on the House Floor
Read: A Conversation with Zach Laris
Zach Laris Conversation Highlights
- Why Title IV-B Matters
- A Lesson in Advocacy
- The Challenges of Advocacy
- The Role of Live Experience in Policy Change
- What’s Next?