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Senate Finance presses Dr. Alex Adams on Head Start, foster care, congregate care and trafficking concerns
Summary
Dr. Alex Adams told the Senate Finance Committee he would follow the law in administering ACF programs and defended state reforms on congregate care while senators pressed him on Head Start funding, residential treatment oversight and trafficking hotline concerns.
Dr. Alex Adams, nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), told the Senate Finance Committee that if confirmed he would administer ACF programs in a budget‑conscious, state‑oriented manner while "follow[ing] the law." He faced sustained questioning from senators about Head Start funding, residential treatment oversight for children, foster‑family recruitment and the national human‑trafficking hotline.
Adams described his record in Idaho and his priorities if confirmed. He said his agency in Idaho reduced congregate care from 268 children to 173, a 35% reduction, and that as director he oversaw "a staff of nearly 3,000 individuals and an…
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