First Lady Melania Trump’s Remarkable Week Empowering Youth through AI Challenge and Fostering the Future Accounts whitehouse.gov/briefings-sta…

The First Lady had a remarkable week - empowering the next generation by launching Fostering the Future Accounts, America’s first investment program for foster youth, & honoring America’s brightest young innovators at the first Presidential AI Challenge Awards Ceremony. 🇺🇸

AMERICA: Foster Children are in all 50 states. GOVERNORS: Pledge to set up Fostering the Future Accounts in your State now. This is not a political issue. This is a national moral obligation.

“For the first time, children in foster care will have access to a dedicated savings and investment vehicle: Fostering the Future Accounts.” @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP whitehouse.gov/briefings-sta…

First Lady Melania Trump announces an incredible initiative of dedicated savings and investment accounts for children in foster care. ❤️ "America can offer services, help, and protection, but real freedom means being able to make independent choices about your own future." - @FLOTUS

“Fostering the Future Accounts give foster children the same chance for asset ownership and long-term wealth building as every other American child. By investing in our foster youth now, we help strengthen America’s workforce, communities, and economic future.” @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP This historic measure is a first for the United States and is designed by the First Lady in tandem with the @USTreasury @SecScottBessent. Already, twenty-three Governors have pledged to set up Fostering the Future Accounts for children within their states’ care.

.@SecScottBessent: “Today, in the place where Hamilton’s legacy surrounds us, we are extending the reach of this institution to the young people whom his wife devoted herself to defending. We are affirming that the American Dream belongs to every child. And because of the President and Mrs. Trump, through her Fostering the Future Initiative, we are equipping more children to claim their rightful share of it.”

PRESIDENTIAL AI CHALLENGE Open Doors to Realize Dreams

This morning, @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP awarded America’s six student National Champion Teams at the White House today during the first Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge National Champion Awards Ceremony. “Today is about opening doors. When new doors open, passions flow, courage blossoms, and dreams are realized. AI inspires." - First Lady Melania Trump

“Congratulations to our Presidential AI Challenge winners. It is wonderful to see this very impressive group of innovators at the White House. I’m proud that you represent the best of America. You are our future.” First Lady Melania Trump Presidential AI Challenge National Champion Awards Ceremony June 9, 2026

"Use this chapter of your life to sail away with your dreams. To continue to build boldly and importantly, to safeguard America's leading position in the world of technology." - @FLOTUS Melania Trump 🇺🇸

Presidential AI Challenge National Champion Awards Ceremony at the White House 06.09.26 at 11 AM ET

FOSTERING THE FUTURE [Transform a Life] A college education gives foster youth something no one can take away: a lifetime of knowledge. That’s why I built the nationwide Fostering the Future University Network- delivering scholarships rooted in technology at elite institutions. We now have the LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Georgia Bulldogs, Florida Gators, Texas Longhorns, Villanova Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, plus many more. As National Foster Care Month comes to an end, step up and support America’s young leaders. [U.S. Senators: Pass the Fostering the Future Act.]

In safeguarding our children’s well-being, we shape the integrity of our nation. But to get there, a strong knowledge base is required. Education is the cornerstone of a child’s future. Clearly, education is the foundation that can remain throughout one’s lifetime. Yes, knowledge is permanent.

To our brave heroes, thank you!

Fostering the Future is built on four community-centric pillars to support America’s youth. whitehouse.gov/briefings-sta…