Executive Order 14359: Fostering the Future for American Children and Families

What the order contains

Section headings exactly as they appear in the official text.

• Sec. 1. Purpose and Policy
• Sec. 2. Modernizing the Child Welfare System
• Sec. 3. Fostering the Future
• Sec. 4. Maximizing Partnerships with Americans of Faith
• Sec. 5. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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My Administration is dedicated to empowering mothers and fathers to raise their children in safe and loving homes. When crises prevent such an arrangement, our Nation's foster care system must be ready to serve children in need. Today's foster care system must be improved in a number of important ways. Children often stay in foster care for years, and those who transition out due to age frequently face uncertain futures without the support systems essential to educational, career, and relational success. Many caseworkers are overburdened. Information systems are often outdated. Some jurisdictions and organizations maintain policies that discourage or prohibit qualified families from serving children in need as foster and adoptive parents because of their sincerely-held religious beliefs or adherence to basic biological truths. […]