Officials working to expand foster care for children in America, here’s how
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (InvestigateTV) - Kids sleeping in shelters, bussed between hotels, and overnights in office buildings. That’s the reality for many foster children in America. For every 100 children in foster care, federal data shows that only 57 licenses homes are available. In an effort to close that gap, the federal government launched a campaign in November 2025 called “A Home for Every Child.” Since then, the idea to reinvent systems that recruit and retain foster families has gained nationwide momentum. Millions of dollars in cash rewards are available to the state, territory, or tribal agency with the greatest improvement of its ratio of children to foster homes. All 50 states, along with Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, have signed up for the challenge. It will run until September 2027. One of the first states to jump in was Tennessee. In total, the state would need more than…