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Oklahoma selected for federal "Home for Every Child" pilot; DHS sets kinship and in-home targets
Summary
Oklahoma will pilot the federal "Home for Every Child" performance-improvement process, DHS officials said, with an April 1 launch and targets to keep a greater share of children in their homes and with kin. The department also pledged steps to shift children from congregate care into family settings and strengthen kinship approval timelines.
Deborah Connect, assistant health director at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, told the commission the state is the first selected to participate in a redesigned federal PIP known as “Home for Every Child,” a program approved last week in Washington.
DHS said the initiative, which begins April 1 and runs through Sept. 30, 2027, focuses on four pillars: keeping children safely at home when possible; prioritizing placement with relatives or other people who already have a relationship with the child; placing children into family settings rather than…
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