Presidential Document2023-24483
National Adoption Month, 2023
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Published
November 3, 2023
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October 31, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 75453-75454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24483]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 212 / Friday, November 3, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10661 of October 31, 2023
National Adoption Month, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Children are the kite strings that hold our Nation's
ambitions aloft, and every one of them deserves to grow
up in a safe and loving home. This National Adoption
Month, we celebrate all the families made whole through
adoption and recommit to ensuring that every child can
build a life of happiness and well-being.
Today, more than a hundred thousand children are
awaiting adoption in our Nation's foster care system,
hoping for the love, connection, and a lasting
foundation that a permanent family can provide. To help
more families cover the cost of adoption, I have urged
the Congress to make the adoption tax credit fully
refundable so that every adoptive family benefit,
regardless of income, and can focus on building
supportive lives together. I have proposed making legal
guardians eligible as well so that loving grandparents,
aunts, uncles, and others can care for children and
keep extended families together. I have also expanded
the Military Parental Leave Program, allowing service
members to spend more time with their families after a
child is born, adopted, or placed with them through
long-term foster care. At the same time, my
Administration is working to remove barriers that make
it harder for LGBTQI+ families to adopt, including by
providing State child welfare agencies with training
and funds to better support and place LGBTQI+ youth in
safe and compassionate environments.
Still, thousands of young people unfortunately will not
be adopted before they age out of foster care. To help
ease that transition, my latest budget called for $9
billion to provide housing vouchers to all 20,000
adolescents exiting foster care annually; and I sought
another $1 billion to support job placement, health
care, access to higher education, and other programs.
My Administration is also working closely with States
to help foster youth stay in school, train for jobs,
pay their bills, and begin promising adult lives.
During National Adoption Month, we recognize the bonds
of love shared by adoptive families across America. We
celebrate the millions of adoptive and kinship families
who have opened their hearts to provide safe and caring
homes. We thank the foster families and dedicated
professionals who help so much along the way. We stand
with foster youth and adoptees of all ages and want you
to know that you are never alone. This month
especially, we encourage anyone who is considering
adoption to take that brave and loving step forward,
growing their families and adding profound meaning to
their lives.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2023
as National Adoption Month. I encourage all Americans
to honor this month by helping the children and youth
in your communities secure their forever homes and find
the love and connection that they need to thrive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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