1. EXPLAINER: Fostering the Future Accounts
   This explainer provides background on how the Accounts work and key considerations for state implementation.

2. TEMPLATE: Letter to the Governor (Call to Action / From Youth)
   This template can be customized by youth to encourage state leaders to take action.

3. TEMPLATE: Letter to the Governor (Call to Action / From Advocates)
   This template can be customized by advocates to encourage state leaders to take action.

4. TEMPLATE: Letter to the Governor (Thank You / From Advocates)
   This template can be customized to send thanks to state leaders in states that have already pledged to implement Fostering the Future Accounts

5. CONTACT LIST: Governors' Staff

   This list provides the names and emails of key staff in Governors' offices with whom you may wish to correspond, and indicates which states have pledged to implement Accounts.

Why should advocates take this opportunity?

Fostering the Future Accounts offer states a significant new opportunity to help children and youth in foster care begin building assets for adulthood. With thoughtful implementation, the Accounts can serve as a catalyst for:

• long-term savings and financial security,

• stronger financial knowledge and skills,

• public and private investment in young people, and

• greater preparation for the transition to adulthood.

Click here for additional information and resources gathered by the Child Welfare Advocacy Hub on Fostering the Future Accounts.

Strategic priority areas for which NCWCIA provides jurisdictional support through an array of services includes:

Fostering the Future Accounts Advancement Center (FTFAAC)

A Home for Every Child

Jurisdictions can seek assistance on these or other child welfare issues by sending an email to NCWCIA-Info@jbsinternational.com or requesting assistance through their innovation and advancement navigator.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced they will be launching the National Fostering the Future Accounts Advancement Center to provide technical assistance services to states, territories, and tribes as they establish, contribute to, and maintain Fostering the Future Accounts. This new resource will advance First Lady Melania Trump’s mission to create opportunities and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families in the foster care system by equipping jurisdictions with the tools necessary to ensure youth in care can achieve financial independence.

“Thanks to the leadership of First Lady Melania Trump, foster youth now have access to opportunity that helps them build a strong financial foundation for their future,” said Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams. “Through ACF’s new technical assistance center, we will ensure states have the support they need to implement Fostering the Future Accounts and provide foster youth with long-term financial stability.”

Following the First Lady’s announcement that unveiled Fostering the Future Accounts , ACF and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released joint guidance in June to support jurisdictions in establishing these accounts for eligible youth in foster care. Fostering the Future Accounts allow foster youth to accumulate resources that may be used for major life milestones, including education, workforce training, or a down payment on a house. Various federal funds and private gifts are also available to fund the accounts.

To date, 25 states, representing bipartisan support, have already committed to create Fostering the Future Accounts. To help these states (as well as future states who may join the initiative) achieve the Trump Administration’s goal of opening accounts for all eligible youth by December 2027, ACF is now providing additional resources through the National Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (NCWCIA) at ACF’s Children’s Bureau. 

Within NCWCIA, the National Fostering the Future Accounts Advancement Center will deliver integrated services, resources, and technical assistance tailored to each jurisdiction’s unique needs as they build infrastructure, operationalize account administration, engage youth and families, strengthen workforce capacity, and sustain implementation over time. This approach will ensure states can receive the expertise and support needed to create the best outcomes for foster youth. And to ensure Fostering the Future Accounts are accessible, understandable, and responsive to the needs of youth, parents, and relative or kin, the Center will also support caseworkers, supervisors, fiscal staff, and agency leadership through implementation support and change management strategies that strengthen organizational capacity and clarify roles and responsibilities related to enrollment, account management, and account transfer processes. The National Fostering the Future Accounts Advancement Center will work collaboratively with Treasury to support states and help amplify existing Treasury resources, including their hotline on Fostering the Future Accounts, which may be reached at (833) 872-4547. 

The National Fostering the Future Accounts Advancement Center will officially launch on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. For states, tribes, territories, and stakeholders interested in learning more, ACF and Treasury will host a webinar at 12:00pm ET. More information on how to register for the webinar can be found at FTFAAC Meeting Registration .

For more information about the forthcoming National Fostering the Future Accounts Advancement Center and to access technical assistance resources, visit the National Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement . 

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The Oklahoma State Treasurer's Office is launching a new program that will provide a one-time $250 contribution to approximately 50,000 eligible Oklahoma children with a federally established 530A (Trump Account).

Made possible through funding approved by the Oklahoma Legislature (HB 4071), this program is designed to help eligible Oklahoma families build long-term savings for their children's future.

To be eligible for Oklahoma's contribution, a child must first have a federally established Trump Account. The state's $250 contribution is not used to establish a federal account and cannot be awarded independently. Families must meet all applicable federal and state eligibility requirements.

The Oklahoma contribution is intended to supplement the federal program by adding to an eligible child's existing Trump Account.

The application for Oklahoma's $250 Trump Account contribution is not yet available.

Program details, eligibility requirements, and application instructions are still being finalized. Families interested in applying for the $250 account contribution are encouraged to sign up to receive updates. Click here to sign up for updates.

Check out their new 530A (Trump) Account resource for an overview of these accounts—what they are, where they came from, and what they could be—and Aspen FSP’s approach to working on them.