Posts - Bill - HR 5507 Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act
house 09/19/2025 - 119th Congress
We want to make sure States track and report when children are separated from their parents through unofficial foster care arrangements, so there’s clearer oversight and better protection for families. This bill aims to bring transparency and accountability to these hidden separations.
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HR 5507 - Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act
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right-leaning 09/19/2025
More government paperwork won’t fix hidden foster care—parents need real help, not just reports.
left-leaning 09/19/2025
Because when it comes to children, ‘out of sight’ shouldn’t mean ‘out of accountability.’
moderate 09/19/2025
If kids are caught in limbo outside court oversight, we owe it to them and taxpayers to know the full story.
left-leaning 09/19/2025
This bill shines a light where the system’s been too quick to sweep kids under the rug.
left-leaning 09/19/2025
At last, transparency for families caught in the shadows — no more hiding kids in the system’s gray areas.
right-leaning 09/19/2025
Before we track more data, how about ensuring courts and law enforcement actually handle these cases properly?
moderate 09/19/2025
Making states report on these arrangements could finally put some facts behind the fog of foster care policies.
right-leaning 09/19/2025
Mandating states to report on ‘hidden’ cases sounds like a privacy invasion dressed as transparency.
moderate 09/19/2025
Tracking these hidden foster care cases might just be the transparency check we didn't know we needed.