{"id":2510259,"date":"2025-11-13T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-executive-order-launching-first-ladys-new-foster-care-initiative\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:31:11","slug":"trump-signs-executive-order-launching-first-ladys-new-foster-care-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-executive-order-launching-first-ladys-new-foster-care-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs executive order launching first lady&#8217;s new foster care initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-signs-executive-order-launching-first-ladys-new-foster-care-initiative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2510259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order to expedite the processing of children thru the foster care system and launched First Lady Melania Trump&#8217;s new initiative, &#8220;Fostering the Future.&#8221; This program builds on her previous &#8220;Be Best&#8221; antibullying campaign and aims to help <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >foster youth secure entry-level jobs<\/a> and achieve financial independence. The signing ceremony was attended by senior administration officials. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-governor-signs-executive-order-requiring-mass-replacement-of-gas-powered-lawn-equipment\/\" title=\"Governor mandates mass replacement of gas-powered lawn equipment.\">executive order includes provisions<\/a> to provide about $25 million in scholarships for occupational training, education, and financial literacy programs for foster children. The initiative focuses on increasing opportunities and support for foster youth, many of whom face challenges such as low graduation rates and homelessness. The program intends to partner with the private sector to offer technical scholarships and resources to help foster youths transition successfully into adulthood. The First lady and President emphasized the importance of supporting foster children to become productive citizens and highlighted ongoing efforts to raise awareness and improve the foster care system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump signs executive order launching first lady&rsquo;s new foster care initiative<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2399885\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3884311\/bipartisan-anti-trump-group-2025-momentum-midterm-affordability\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> signed an executive order on Thursday afternoon aimed at fast-tracking children through the foster care system.<\/p>\n<p>The order also launched first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\">Melania Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s &ldquo;Fostering the Future&rdquo; initiative, an offshoot of her &ldquo;Be Best&rdquo; antibullying campaign from the president&rsquo;s first term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3886260\/watch-live-trump-signs-executive-order-foster-care\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump signs executive order on foster care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3885569\/mamdani-proactive-hochul-playbook-trump\/\">Mamdani borrows page from &#8216;proactive&#8217; Hochul playbook on Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3885403\/trump-world-forecloses-onhousing-director-bill-pulte\/\">Trumpworld forecloses on &#8216;fall guy&#8217; housing director Bill Pulte amid mortgage drama cleanup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The first lady headlined the signing ceremony, which was also attended by senior Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As I stand here and observe the audience, I recognize the vital importance of each one of you to this mission, to our future generations,&rdquo; the first lady said to begin the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>She said she developed the idea for &ldquo;Fostering the Future&rdquo; in 2021, with the mission of providing &ldquo;individuals from the foster care community the ability to secure an entry-level job position and, in turn, financial independence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Together, we will illuminate the pathway for today&rsquo;s foster children to become tomorrow&rsquo;s builders and tomorrow&rsquo;s builders will foster the future of America&rsquo;s legacy,&rdquo; the first lady concluded before turning over the microphone to her husband.<\/p>\n<p>The president asserted that Thursday&rsquo;s order will make the foster system &ldquo;better, fairer, and more effective than ever before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When she gets involved in things, that works. I can tell you,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He noted the provisions in his &ldquo;one big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-after-huddle-with-senate-gop-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump downplays strategy fight after huddle with Senate GOP - Washington Examiner\">beautiful bill&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that provide roughly $25 million in scholarship funding to &ldquo;expand occupational training, education, and financial literacy programs for the foster youth and make it possible for more of them to attend the school of their choice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to protect American children in foster care, and we&rsquo;re going to ensure that they will never, ever be forgotten,&rdquo; the president closed. &ldquo;These children will never be forgotten, and they&rsquo;re going to grow up to be unbelievable, strong, smart, wealthy, productive citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He did not field questions from reporters after the event. After signing the order, the president joked that he had done so by hand, not with an autopen.<\/p>\n<p>Felicia Curcuru, the CEO of Binti, a software company that builds tools aimed at improving the child welfare system, also attended the signing ceremony. She told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that she is &ldquo;honored&rdquo; to participate in the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Curcuru applauded the first lady&rsquo;s leadership in elevating the needs of children and families in foster care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By shining a national spotlight on the challenges faced by youth in care and the opportunities to strengthen support systems, the First Lady is helping drive the urgency, visibility, and commitment this issue deserves,&rdquo; Curcuru wrote in a statement. &ldquo;We are grateful for the Administration&rsquo;s focus on putting children first, and we appreciate the invitation for Binti to attend, as this moment highlights the critical role technology can play in helping states expand foster family capacity, support youth aging out of care, ensure families receive the services they need, and reduce costs to the government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to White House officials, Thursday&rsquo;s order will leverage private sector partnerships to provide foster children with technical scholarships and other resources to help youths transitioning out of foster care.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Scholarship recipients will learn in a supportive environment, gaining knowledge critical to realizing job security within the technology sector,&rdquo; the program&rsquo;s landing page on the first lady&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melaniatrump.com\/pages\/fostering-the-future\">website<\/a> says. &ldquo;By providing access to a computer science education, these individuals will be prepared to enter the workforce and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-trump-announces-initiative-for-foster-children-blasts-media-they-are-dream-killers\/\" title=\"Melania Trump Announces ... for ..., Blasts Media: They Are &#039;Dream Killers&#039;\">ultimately reach financial independence<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House officials said just 50% of all children in the foster care system graduate from high school, while just 3% go on to obtain college degrees. Furthermore, they said 25% of foster children experience homelessness, and only half of them gain full employment by the age of 24.<\/p>\n<p>The president previously signed a presidential proclamation this spring declaring May &ldquo;National Foster Care Month,&rdquo; and the first lady hosted a group of foster children for trick-or-treating at the White House&rsquo;s Halloween celebration last month.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3885403\/trump-world-forecloses-onhousing-director-bill-pulte\/\"><strong>TRUMPWORLD FORECLOSES ON &lsquo;FALL GUY&rsquo; HOUSING DIRECTOR BILL PULTE AMID MORTGAGE DRAMA CLEANUP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the president&rsquo;s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wMMI59BmzuA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump and the First Lady Participate in an Executive Order Signing\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wMMI59BmzuA?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump signs order launching Melania&#8217;s foster care program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3421,"featured_media":2510260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25317700388449.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32911,32641,67046,3634],"class_list":["post-2510259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-executive-order","tag-first-lady","tag-foster-care","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25317700388449.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510263,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510259\/revisions\/2510263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}