[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 5, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26823-26824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09736]
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Vol. 85
Tuesday,
No. 87
May 5, 2020
Part III
The President
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Proclamation 10019--National Foster Care Month, 2020
Proclamation 10020--National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2020
Proclamation 10021--National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, 2020
Proclamation 10022--Older Americans Month, 2020
Proclamation 10023--Loyalty Day, 2020
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10019 of April 30, 2020
National Foster Care Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Families are the foundation of our communities and our
country. All children deserve a stable, supportive, and
loving home in which to grow, thrive, and realize their
full potential. During National Foster Care Month, we
honor the selfless men and women who open their homes
to nurture at-risk children and promote healing,
unification, and family-based empowerment.
Foster care plays a critical role in providing young
people who have had to be removed from their homes a
critical place of refuge. It is an invaluable resource
for keeping children safe in temporary circumstances
and providing stability, direction, and comfort to our
Nation's most vulnerable sons and daughters. The
dedicated individuals, families, professionals, and
faith-based and community organizations who support
children in foster care help maintain essential parent-
child relationships and support parents working to
regain custody of their children.
A focus of my Administration has been to keep families
together by working to prevent the situations that
necessitate children being removed from their homes. In
2018, I enacted the Family First Prevention Services
Act to enhance the ability of American families to keep
their children safe at home whenever possible. It
provides funding for community-based treatment and
intervention services that have been proven to curtail
abuse and neglect and to help families address the
issues that might require separation. These services
include access to skills-based parenting classes,
family counseling, mental health therapy, and treatment
for substance abuse and addiction. In addition, this
legislation encourages States to place children with
families rather than in group homes, which can minimize
the risk of additional trauma. Last year, I signed into
law legislation to encourage States to fully implement
the Family First Prevention Services Act as quickly as
feasible in order to connect families with appropriate
resources and transition to a more proactive and
prevention-based system.
In cases where intervention becomes necessary, it is
important to place children in the best position to
maintain their family, school, and other social
connections. It is also critical that older youth in
foster care establish permanent bonds with a family
member or caring adult before they exit the system and
enter adulthood. For these reasons, my Administration
is funding programs to provide in-family caregivers
with the services and support they need to succeed. In
partnership with the States, we are promoting more
family-friendly options that reduce additional trauma
to the children who must enter foster care.
This month, we encourage all Americans to invest in the
lives of children and to provide them with
unconditional love, support, guidance, and every
available resource to ensure their health and well-
being. We acknowledge with gratitude the selfless
citizens who open their hearts and homes to children in
need and the organizations that tirelessly support
foster and kinship caregivers. Together, they are
giving hope and the promise of a better tomorrow to
countless children and families.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 May 2020 as National
Foster Care Month. I call upon all Americans to observe
this month by taking time to help children and youth in
foster care, and to recognize the commitment of those
who touch their lives, particularly celebrating their
foster parents and other caregivers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2020-09736
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