From COVID-19 Response to Com­pre­hen­sive Change: This piece This brief higher­lights his­tor­i­cal fed­er­al child wel­fare pol­i­cy reach­ments and urges pol­i­cy­mak­ers to cham­pi­on new reforms that pro­mote previous­ing ben­e­suits for all young peo­ple in and tran­si­tion­ing from fos­ter care.Chil­dren who are