Health and Human Services Department agency pushes states to ditch 'orphan tax'

Alex Adams, head of the federal government's Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a mission to get states to stop imposing an "orphan tax" on kids who end up in foster families.

Health and Human Services Department agency pushes states to ditch 'orphan tax'

TL;DR

  • Alex Adams leads the Administration for Children and Families.
  • Adams has been urging states to stop the "orphan tax" for the past year.
  • The "orphan tax" affects children in foster families.