[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66609-66610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26669]


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                Proclamation 9049 of October 31, 2013

                
National Adoption Month, 2013

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Every young person deserves the chance to learn and 
                grow under the care of a loving family. Across our 
                Nation, adoptive families give that chance to over a 
                million children and teenagers. During National 
                Adoption Month, we celebrate these families and stand 
                alongside every child still looking for the warmth and 
                stability of a permanent home.

                Today, nearly 400,000 American children are in foster 
                care, and each year, thousands age out of care without 
                the security that comes from a permanent family or a 
                place to call home. On November 23, National Adoption 
                Day will offer a sense of hope to children waiting for 
                adoptive parents. As we observe this day, courts across 
                our country will open their doors to finalize adoptions 
                that move young people out of foster care.

                My Administration has worked to simplify adoption laws; 
                reduce the amount of time young children go without 
                parents; and ensure adoption rights for all qualified 
                couples and individuals. We are calling for an end to 
                discriminatory barriers that keep children from loving 
                and stable homes. And we are working across all levels 
                of government to eliminate roadblocks to adoption and 
                encourage cooperation between adoption advocates, 
                private organizations, and community and faith-based 
                groups. This January, I was proud to sign legislation 
                to permanently extend the Adoption Tax Credit. And to 
                protect the young people of every nation, I signed the 
                Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act. This 
                law will promote safe and lawful adoptions by setting 
                Federal standards for all adoption service providers, 
                and it will provide greater safeguards to both parents 
                and children.

                This month, we celebrate adopted children, teenagers, 
                and their diverse families. We work to give more young 
                people permanent families and promising futures. And we 
                encourage our friends and neighbors to open their 
                hearts and their homes to children in need.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 2013 as 
                National Adoption Month. I encourage all Americans to 
                observe this month by answering the call to find a 
                permanent and caring family for every child in need, 
                and by supporting the families who care for them.

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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 thirteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2013-26669
Filed 11-4-13; 11:15 am]
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