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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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87766 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 5, 2024 / Presidential Documents 

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 fortyninth. 

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