U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is responsible for programs that promote the social and economic well-being of families. ACF’s programs include Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, foster care, adoption assistance, family preservation and support, Head Start, child care, child support enforcement, runaway and homeless youth, low-income home energy assistance, community services, refugee resettlement, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities. Prior to his current position, Wade F. Horn was president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, whose mission is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the number of children growing up with involved, committed, and responsible fathers. From 1989…
