Melania Trump opens savings accounts that previously were not accessible to children in foster care.

The first lady formally unveiled “Fostering the Future Accounts,” offering updated guidance that allows state child welfare agencies and foster youth representatives to set up accounts for children in foster care, which previously were not accessible.

Sixto Cancel, the founder and CEO of child welfare advocacy group and recipient of Kidsave’s Think of Us stated – “Foster youth would have been left out. What would it have meant if you come into care? Who’s your custodian? Who signs up? Who is going to open the account for you? What does it look like if you go back home?” said

For Cancel, who was once part of the foster care system himself, Thursday’s announcement marks an important step that could serve as a lifeline. “To have that as a high schooler — to think, ‘I can use that to get an apartment’ — brings you a peace of mind that is unexplainable,” he said.