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Care Portal tells House panel faith and neighbor networks fill urgent needs for foster families
Ways and Means: House Committee — Work and Welfare Subcommittee · November 19, 2025
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Summary
Care Portal described connecting caseworkers to faith communities and local responders to meet immediate needs; panelists praised the model but asked for more rigorous outcome tracking and discussed using Chafee funds and returned funds to scale similar platforms.
Adrian Lewis described Care Portal as a platform that lets caseworkers post vetted requests and match them to nearby faith communities, businesses and volunteers. He said the network includes about 6,000 faith communities and 1,500 agencies and reported cumulative service metrics across states.
Lewis emphas…
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