Marriage, Family, & Children

National Child Protection Faith Summit Convenes Faith and Policy Leaders

AFPI Thanks First Lady Melania Trump for the “Fostering the Future Act”

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Kellyanne Conway, AFPI Chair of the American Child, in gratitude for First Lady Melania Trump’s leadership to protect children and for the U.S. House’s unanimous passage of the Fostering the Future Act.

AFPI Hosts Athletes & Officers Roundtable

Today, the America First Policy Institute hosted the “Athletes & Officers: Defending the American Dream” roundtable in honor of National Police Week.

Remember the Women Holding Foster Families Together

Every politician in Washington claims to care about children, but America's foster care system too often tears families apart before it supports them, sweeping vulnerable children into the hands of bureaucracy and leaving thousands of young people to age out without stability, belonging, or hope. 

Protecting Victims of Sexual Crimes Under Kayleigh’s Law

The harm caused by sexual assault is not temporary; it is lifelong. The protections for those who have been sexually violated should be lifelong, too. I was just 12 years old when my middle school teacher chose to sexually abuse me over a two-year span. In 2006, that man was charged with eight counts of child sexual abuse crimes and was facing 25 years to life in prison, but ultimately pleaded down to two counts, receiving eight months in jail and two terms of lifetime probation. He was convicted of committing multiple sex crimes against a child.