The Family Room Blog

This week, the Administration for Children and Families, along with its partners in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), brought together child welfare, Medicaid, and mental health leaders from all 50 States and the District of Columbia to work collaboratively to strengthen efforts in managing psychotropic medications for children and youth in foster care.

Every month, more Administration for Children and Families programs are coming online and promoting their services on the Internet with social media tools. Have you subscribed or “friended” these pages yet?

Department of Transportation and Health and Human Services take the "Look Before You Lock" Campaign to Head Start and Child Care providers.

An ACF employee currently in Nairobi, Kenya, participating in a global health training program shares her experiences from inside refugee communities.

ACF faith-based partner Operation Breakthrough has become a successful resource center for a community in need.

ACF released its most recent Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, or AFCARS report, which includes some encouraging statistics about child welfare in the United States.

Learn how local communities are using Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program block grants to bring relief to our nation’s most vulnerable.

Leaving a child inside a vehicle with the windows rolled up --- even a few minutes – can have deadly consequences.  ACF is raising awareness and reminding its child care and Head Start providers and the general public to follow simple steps to avoid preventable tragedies.

Acting Assistant Secretary George Sheldon visited with local partners in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to discuss flexibility within existing programs to provide necessary assistance for those most in need. Where allowable by law and regulation, ACF is ready to work with local partners to combat poverty experienced by U.S. citizens in the Caribbean.

Earlier this week, our Department took action to make programs that help Americans find and keep a job even stronger.