[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 46361-46362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21554]


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                Proclamation 9650 of September 29, 2017

                
Child Health Day, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Child Health Day, we commit to protecting and 
                promoting the health and well-being of our Nation's 
                young people. How we treat our young people is a 
                fundamental test of who we are as a society. Today, we 
                reaffirm that all children deserve to grow up in 
                healthy, safe, and loving homes, with parents or 
                guardians who nurture, inspire, and empower them to 
                realize their full potential.

                As a father, I know the hope and joy children bring to 
                our lives. They are society's most precious treasures 
                and our most vulnerable population. We all share the 
                moral responsibility to protect the health of our 
                children, born and unborn, so they have the chance to 
                achieve their potential.

                To these ends, my Fiscal Year 2018 Budget provides a 
                $30 million increase for the Maternal and Child Health 
                Services Block Grant program, which enhances access to 
                critical health services for 57 million women and 
                children. In close partnership with States and 
                communities, this program helps ensure mothers receive 
                critical prenatal care and nutrition, provides aid for 
                children with disabilities, and opens access to other 
                vital health services. The program also addresses 
                emerging issues that painfully affect our children, 
                such as mental health disorders and our Nation's 
                devastating opioid epidemic. The number of infants born 
                physically dependent on opioids has more than 
                quadrupled over the past decade. In addition, during 
                the past 2 years, many States have experienced dramatic 
                increases in the number of children in their foster-
                care systems, as parents have struggled with addiction 
                and its terrible consequences. I am committed to 
                aggressively combating the scourge of opioid abuse, so 
                that children do not bear the burden of its 
                devastation.

                Together, we will strive to create an environment in 
                which children of all of ages and backgrounds grow up 
                healthy and secure, so they may use their unique 
                talents to improve their communities and our world.

                The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 18, 
                1928, as amended (36 U.S.C. 105), has called for the 
                designation of the first Monday in October as Child 
                Health Day and has requested that the President issue a 
                proclamation in observance of this day.

                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 Monday, October 2, 
                2017, as Child Health Day. I call upon families, child 
                health professionals, faith-based and community 
                organizations, and governments to help ensure that 
                America's children stay safe and healthy.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-21554
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