National Foster Care Month, 2026

Vol. 91

Tuesday,

No. 86

May 5, 2026

Part II

The President

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Proclamation 11023--National Foster Care Month, 2026

Proclamation 11024--National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, 2026

Executive Order 14402--Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and
Performance in Federal Contracting

Executive Order 14403--Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American
Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov

Presidential Permit of April 30, 2026--Authorizing Bridger Pipeline
Expansion LLC To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline
Facilities at the International Boundary at Phillips County, Montana,
Between the United States and Canada

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 11023 of April 30, 2026

National Foster Care Month, 2026

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Across our Nation, hundreds of thousands of American
children depend upon the foster care system to shelter
them, nurture them, and prepare them for lives of
purpose and promise. This National Foster Care Month,
the First Lady and I join with countless Americans in
celebrating the foster families whose devotion carries
our youngest citizens forward by helping them realize
the full potential of their unique American Dream.

In communities around the country, ordinary Americans
rise to an extraordinary calling by opening their homes
to children who have endured immense challenges that no
child should ever know. These caregivers, alongside the
social workers, clergy, educators, and countless
volunteers who stand beside them, offer stability,
belonging, and hope where once there was only
uncertainty.

My Administration will accept nothing less than
excellence for the children in foster care who depend
upon us. In November 2025, I signed an Executive Order
on Fostering the Future for American Children and
Families--a revolutionary commitment championed by
First Lady Melania Trump to strengthen foster care,
support families, and improve outcomes for children
across our Nation. Under my leadership as well as the
First Lady's, we are opening new public and private
sector pathways for young people who have experienced
foster care, improving data sharing among those who
depend on it to increase efficiency, and enacting
stronger accountability throughout the foster care
system nationwide.

Through the incredible work of our First Lady, the
Melania Trump Fostering Youth to Independence Program
has expanded its reach, devoting $30 million to
supporting housing stability and long-term success for
young people transitioning out of foster care--ensuring
they are not abandoned at the most critical moment in
their lives.

In States across our land, local governments are
committing to bold reforms to address the shortage of
foster homes. We are investing in families and
communities to prevent children from entering foster
care unnecessarily, and when children cannot remain
safely at home, we are ensuring stable and loving
foster families are ready to receive them with the
comfort and warmth they deserve. States are rapidly
recruiting foster families, strengthening kinship
placement policies, and giving foster parents the
resources and training they need to succeed.

Foster families embody the very best of the American
spirit through their boundless love, their quiet
devotion, and their resolute faith in the potential of
future generations. During National Foster Care Month,
we honor every caregiver, social worker, judge, and
advocate whose labor uplifts our foster children, and I
pledge that my Administration will never stop fighting
to give them the opportunity to succeed. When we invest
in these young lives today, we invest in the strength,
the character, and the boundless future of America
tomorrow.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim
May 2026 as National Foster Care Month. I call upon all
Americans to honor the efforts of those who contribute
to our Nation's foster care system and recommit to
improving the lives of those children who depend upon
their service.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.