Presidential Document2024-25802
National Adoption Month, 2024
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Published
November 5, 2024
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October 31, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 87765-87766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25802]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 5, 2024 /
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Proclamation 10847 of October 31, 2024
National Adoption Month, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every child deserves to know the unconditional love of
a permanent home. During National Adoption Month, we
honor all the wonderful families that grow through
adoption, we remind our foster youth and adoptees that
we are right by their side, and we rededicate ourselves
to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to
reach their full potential.
More than 100,000 children are in our Nation's foster
care system awaiting the adoption that could offer them
familial love, a lasting home, and a stable foundation
for them to grow. That is why I have called on the
Congress to make the adoption tax credit fully
refundable, lowering the cost of adoption and giving
families and legal guardians some breathing room. I
have also called on the Congress to provide housing
vouchers to all 20,000 youth exiting foster care
annually--a key step in helping them secure stable
housing during this difficult transition. To further
support kinship caregivers, the Department of Health
and Human Services issued a final rule last year that
requires States to provide them with the same level of
financial support that other foster parents receive. My
Administration is also working to eliminate barriers
LGBTQI+ families face in the adoption process and
ensure LGBTQI+ foster youth grow up in safe and loving
environments. And through the expanded Military
Parental Leave Program, we are giving service members
more time to spend with their families after a child is
born, adopted, or placed in their homes for long-term
foster care.
My Administration also remains committed to supporting
youth who are aging out of foster care. Since the
beginning of my Administration, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development has awarded over $60
million to provide over 4,000 vouchers to foster youth,
helping them secure housing as they leave the foster
care system. And my Administration is working to ensure
these youth can keep their SNAP benefits without work
reporting requirements, easing a difficult transition
period. We have also been working to help foster youth
stay in school and graduate, make the successful
transition to postsecondary education, train for jobs,
pay their bills, and get their lives off to a solid
start.
During National Adoption Month, we celebrate the love
shared by adoptive families and professionals across
our country. And we honor the millions of adoptive and
kinship families who have welcomed new family members
into their loving homes.
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 2024
as National Adoption Month. I encourage all Americans
to honor this month by helping the children and youth
in their 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-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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