FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Actions to Keep Children and Families Safely Together and Supported | The White House

White House hosts convening on transforming child welfare and announces new policy to prevent family separation due to poverty.

Over four million families are referred to child protective services each year , and around 200,000 children enter foster care.

Biden-Harris Administration has been committed to improving child and family well-being by keeping families together safely.

The Biden-Harris Administration has a long record of actions consistent with its commitment to keeping families together safely, providing supports as an alternative to child removals.

This Administration has approved 38 prevention plans, bringing the total to 42 states, the District of Columbia , and four Tribes.

It has expanded the scope of Public Law 102 -477 plans, which now deliver over $300 million in flexible funding to 298 Indian Tribes to strengthen the economic stability and mobility of families.

The Administration established a ceiling for annual rent increases for the two million apartments that are financed by federal tax credits—reducing the maximum allowable annual rent increase for those renters by an average of nearly $500 this year . And during the pandemic, the Administration provided rental assistance to 8 million renters to help pay rent, keep them in their homes, and cover utilities bills..