# 119-hres-390: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in, or at risk of entering, the foster care system.

119-hres-390, Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in, or at risk of entering, the foster care system., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-390
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in, or at risk of entering, the foster care system.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Putting permanency and support for children in foster care first.** This resolution would designate National Foster Care Month and urge Congress to pursue policies that boost prevention and reunification, strengthen kinship supports, and improve transitions to adulthood. - Families and children: Encourages investment in prevention and reunification services to reduce foster care entries and reentries. - Foster parents and kin caregivers: Recognizes foster parents and kin as frontline caregivers and notes some relative caregivers receive less financial help and supportive services than foster caregivers. - Youth aging out: Calls for programs to help youth who age out; more than 20,000 youth age out annually and about 20% become instantly homeless. - Child welfare workforce: Highlights workforce strain with about an 8.5% vacancy rate and an average tenure of 3 years for child protection staff. - Health and education risks: Flags that foster children on Medicaid are prescribed antipsychotics at nearly four times the rate of other recipients and that 65% of former foster youth experience at least seven school changes during care.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] (R-IN), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- 119-hres-771: Expressing support for the designation of September 2025 as "National Kinship Care Month".
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hres-390 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/390)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1329)
- [119-hres-771: Expressing support for the designation of September 2025 as "National Kinship C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-771)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-390 (as of 2026-04-21).