US EditionMelania Trump launches new 'Fostering the Future' effort to support foster youth with jobs, school
President Trump's executive order establishes 'Fostering the Future' to improve education, job training, and housing for foster youth, addressing the 400,000 children in care nationwide.
- On Nov. 13, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the executive order creating the 'Fostering the Future' program, joined by First Lady Melania Trump at a White House East Room ceremony.
- As an offshoot of 'Be Best,' the initiative targets education and career pathways for foster youth and aims to build a network of private-sector partners, nonprofits and universities.
- By the numbers: about 400,000 children are in foster care and about 20,000 age out each year, while White House officials say only 50% finish high school and 3% complete college.
- It directs HHS, Treasury Department, and OPM to form partnerships, expand vouchers, identify internships, and pilot decommissioned federal laptops, according to Thursday's order.
- The Bipartisan Policy Center praised the effort, and the first lady previously secured $25 million in the FY26 budget, with the White House seeking corporate pledges.
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