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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 789 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 789

  Honoring public child welfare agencies, nonprofit organizations and 
        private entities providing services for foster children.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2007

 Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mrs. 
 Biggert, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, 
    Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Brown of South 
  Carolina, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
Cardoza, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Culberson, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
  Donnelly, Mr. Ellison, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Feeney, Mr. 
Ferguson, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Goode, 
   Ms. Granger, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Heller of Nevada, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
Hulshof, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, 
     Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lewis of 
  California, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
  McCotter, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poe, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
Mack, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Rush, Ms. Loretta 
Sanchez of California, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, 
Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Wamp) submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Honoring public child welfare agencies, nonprofit organizations and 
        private entities providing services for foster children.

Whereas 500,000 children in the United States are currently in foster care which 
        is twice as many as 20 years ago;
Whereas the majority of these children and youth have been removed from their 
        homes because of abuse or neglect;
Whereas foster children experience a number of unique challenges based on 
        instability in their home and school environments;
Whereas just over half of all foster children complete high school, 40 percent 
        continue to rely on public assistance into adulthood and 25 percent will 
        experience homelessness at one point in their lives;
Whereas numerous public child welfare agencies, nonprofit organizations and 
        private entities work tirelessly to recruit loving foster families and 
        improve the lives of foster children;
Whereas these groups strive to consider the best interest of each child and 
        focus on keeping families together when possible;
Whereas they provide invaluable resources to foster families as well as 
        teachers, counselors, physicians, clergy, and others who work closely 
        with children in the foster care system;
Whereas these groups are dedicated to changing public policy and raising 
        awareness related to the special needs of foster children; and
Whereas they continue to sponsor research, develop best practices, and offer 
        assistance to youth transitioning out of the system to ensure they 
        receive adequate support as they reach adulthood: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the 
contributions of all public child welfare agencies, nonprofit 
organizations and private entities dedicated to finding homes for 
foster children and assisting foster families in securing their future 
success.
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