[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 172 (Thursday, September 3, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Vol. 85

Thursday,

No. 172

September 3, 2020

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 10065--National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 
2020



Proclamation 10066--National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2020



Proclamation 10067--National Preparedness Month, 2020



Proclamation 10068--National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, 2020
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                Proclamation 10065 of August 31, 2020

                
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery 
                Month, 2020

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month is a 
                time to honor and celebrate the millions of Americans 
                who have found a pathway from addiction to a life of 
                renewed purpose.

                The theme of this year's Recovery Month is ``Join the 
                Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections.'' For 
                those in or seeking recovery, developing and nurturing 
                connections and relationships is essential. Despite 
                challenges to developing and fostering meaningful 
                connections caused by the coronavirus, Americans in 
                recovery have demonstrated resilience and resolve by 
                creating new and innovative means of connecting to fill 
                the void of in person interactions. From establishing 
                virtual peer support groups that embrace technology 
                like videoconferencing to holding health and wellness 
                classes remotely or in person following social 
                distancing guidelines, Americans in recovery are 
                finding strength in their communities.

                Throughout these unprecedented and challenging times, 
                my Administration has taken historic action to ensure 
                the road to recovery remains open. Among other 
                measures, we have expanded access to telehealth 
                services and ensured addiction treatment medications 
                have remained available, including in rural and other 
                underserved areas. In March, I signed the Coronavirus 
                Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide 
                millions of dollars in emergency funding for a wide 
                range of prevention, treatment, and recovery services 
                during the pandemic. My Administration is also working 
                tirelessly to increase access to effective treatments 
                and to build up the Nation's peer recovery support 
                services infrastructure.

                To help end the scourge of addiction, my Administration 
                released our National Treatment Plan for Substance Use 
                Disorder, which outlines steps for improving the 
                quality of treatment across a full continuum of care. 
                This includes early identification and intervention 
                services, and increased access to addiction treatment 
                and recovery support services. Additionally, in June, I 
                signed an Executive Order that requires the Secretary 
                of Health and Human Services to survey community 
                support models addressing addiction and to make 
                recommendations to ensure successful models are widely 
                adopted and implemented.

                It is within a communal framework of love, compassion, 
                and understanding, nurtured by the shared experiences 
                of strength, hope, and healing, that we can find 
                understanding and inspiration in one another. As our 
                Nation continues to recognize those who are 
                successfully breaking the chains of addiction and drug 
                and alcohol misuse, we applaud the healthcare and 
                treatment professionals, counselors, peer recovery 
                coaches, faith leaders, first responders, family 
                members, friends, and advocates who are vital in 
                helping them achieve and sustain recovery, whether in 
                person, over the phone, or virtually. Together, we can 
                help more Americans live healthy and meaningful lives 
                while building a stronger Nation.

                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 September 2020 as 
                National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. I 
                call upon the

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                people of the United States to observe this month with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

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

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