We also saw an important legal victory. Earlier this year, the Idaho Supreme Court unanimously rejected a constitutional challenge to the program, allowing it to move forward and giving families greater certainty.

I have also heard from Idaho constituents who say they offered to take children and later found records stating that no family was available. Others have claimed that statements made in caseworker reports were completely fabricated. These are serious allegations, not findings I can make from an email or a phone call. But when families bring forward documents that appear to contradict the state’s records, who checks the facts? How does the family correct the record before mont