[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 50253-50254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21820]


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                Proclamation 9797 of September 28, 2018

                
Child Health Day, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Child Health Day, we renew our commitment to 
                ensuring the health and well-being of our young people, 
                who are the future of our great country. All children 
                deserve to grow up in loving homes with parents or 
                guardians who are dedicated to empowering them to live 
                healthy, safe, and successful lives.

                My Administration is actively working to create 
                environments in which families can grow stronger and 
                children can realize their full potential. Earlier this 
                year, I signed into law a 5-year authorization of the 
                Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
                Program, which helps at-risk families get off to a 
                better and healthier start with evidence-based home 
                visiting programs. Home visiting programs help prevent 
                child abuse and neglect, support positive parenting, 
                improve maternal and child health, and promote child 
                development and school readiness. Additionally, through 
                the Be Best initiative, led by First Lady Melania 
                Trump, we are helping to address some of the most 
                prevalent challenges facing children, including 
                destructive online habits, bullying, mental health, and 
                alcohol and drug abuse. Further, we are strengthening 
                our public health and safety response to the opioid 
                crisis. One of the many tragic consequences of opioid 
                addiction is neonatal abstinence syndrome, which poses 
                risks to the long-term health of children.

                Across our country, more than 15,000 children are 
                diagnosed with pediatric cancer each year. Survival 
                rates for most childhood cancers have improved in 
                recent decades, but serious challenges remain. Children 
                who survive cancer frequently struggle with significant 
                complications later in life. For this reason, I signed 
                into law the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, 
                Access, and Research Act of 2018, which will provide 
                more funding to research childhood cancers, explore 
                effective treatments, and help enhance the quality of 
                long-term care for children after active treatment and 
                into remission.

                Every child, both born and unborn, possesses inherent 
                dignity. Today, let us rededicate ourselves to our 
                shared goal of building a better future for each one of 
                them. As parents and role models, we have a moral 
                responsibility to nurture and care for our most 
                vulnerable population. Together, we can ensure that our 
                children are healthy, and grow up to be happy and 
                productive adults.

                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 1, 
                2018, 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-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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