119th (2025–2027)
H.Res. 390
H.Res. 390 is a symbolic resolution that designates May as National Foster Care Month and calls on Congress to improve policies affecting foster children. The resolution acknowledges the challenges facing approximately 369,000 children currently in foster care, including placement instability, educational disruption, overmedication, and the fact that over 20,000 youth age out of the system annually without permanent family connections. The resolution recognizes the contributions of foster parents, social workers, and advocates while highlighting specific concerns such as racial disparities in foster care duration, understaffing in child protection services, and inadequate support for relative caregivers. While the resolution does not create new programs or allocate funding, it encourages Congress to strengthen existing child welfare programs and expand investments in prevention, reunification, and adoption services to ensure all children have safe, permanent families.