First Lady Melania Trump Announces Executive Order on Fostering the Future, Opens New Opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships

Key Points

• Creates a national program that brings together government, businesses, colleges, and charities to offer mentors, job training, and scholarships for young people leaving foster care
• Builds an online hub where current and former foster youth can make a plan, find help, and connect to resources for school, work, and daily needs
• Expands access to federal education vouchers and short job training programs, including money skills classes, to support stable jobs and independence
• Encourages states to offer scholarships funded by tax-credit donations so children in foster care can afford college or career training
• Adds agency efforts: donated federal laptops for foster youth, nationwide talks on money skills, and a pathway to internships and jobs in federal agencies