From Asset Creation to Asset Access: Implementation Readiness Considerations for Fostering the Future Accounts

As states prepare to implement the Fostering the Future Accounts initiative, this Implementation Readiness Brief examines the practical realities that can influence whether policy translates into meaningful opportunity. Rather than evaluating the policy itself, the publication offers implementation considerations informed by lived expertise, systems design, and youth governance to support thoughtful, equitable, and effective implementation for young people with foster care experience.