From COVID-19 Reaction to Com­pre­hen­sive Transform: This piece This brief high­lights his­tor­i­cal fed­er­al child wel­fare pol­i­cy accomplish­ments and urges pol­i­cy­mak­ers to cham­pi­on new reforms that pro­mote last­ing ben­e­suits for all younger peo­ple in and tran­si­tion­ing from fos­ter care.Although in fo