[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 [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25802]




                        Presidential Documents 



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

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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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