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The Fox News Rundown

From Washington: A Federal Push for Foster Care Reform, The "Home for Every Child" Initiative

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The foster care system is in a capacity crisis, with a nearly 20-percent decline in licensed homes in the past seven years, children are being 'aged out' and forced to stay in government buildings. Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Alex Adams joins to dive into the federal effort to move kids out of government offices and into stable homes.Elite universities are facing a moral rot from a serious rise of campus radicalism, and America's core institutions are under the microscope. New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik joins to discuss her new book, Poisoned Ivies, and the "tectonic shift" happening in higher education following her viral congressional hearing on campus antisemitism.  PHOTO CREIDT: AP PHOTO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Sunday, April 19, 2026. I'm Jessica Rosenthal. The federal government says it's working with states to get foster kids into more homes while decreasing the number of kids in the system.

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And they think they may be starting to see some success in both red and blue states.

1:08.8

For every dollar invested in child welfare nationally,

1:12.3

the federal government kicks in about 43 cents, and state and local governments contribute

1:18.4

the remaining 57 cents. So staying local governments are the majority payer, but certainly

1:24.8

$12 billion is nothing to sneeze at, and taxpayers demand accountability for the

1:28.9

dollars that are invested federally.

1:31.1

And we speak with New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Tophonic about her new book,

1:34.7

Poisoned Ivies, and the deep dive into growing anti-Semitism on college and university campuses.

1:40.8

There's a lot of work to do.

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This didn't happen overnight.

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