[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66517-66518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24160]


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                Proclamation 10484 of October 31, 2022

                
National Adoption Month, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Adoption Month, let us celebrate 
                families that create safe and supportive homes and 
                families that are made whole through adoption, and let 
                us continue working to ensure that every child has a 
                loving family to call their own.

                I am committed to helping families pay for the costs of 
                adopting a child, which is why I have called for the 
                adoption tax credit to be made fully refundable. This 
                would enable devoted adoptive families to worry less 
                about the costs of welcoming children into their homes 
                and focus more on laying the supportive foundation for 
                full and happy lives. I have also proposed extending 
                the adoption tax credit to legal guardianships--
                including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other 
                relatives--which would make it easier for loving family 
                members to care for children who need their support. 
                This measure could also help reduce racial inequities 
                in our country's child welfare system, which too often 
                render some children of color more likely to be removed 
                from their homes and cut off from their families and 
                communities.

                At the same time, my Administration is fighting 
                discrimination in the adoption process. As part of my 
                Executive Order on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, 
                Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals, 
                we are partnering with State child welfare agencies to 
                remove barriers and combat biases that can make it 
                harder for LGBTQI+ families to adopt. The Department of 
                Health and Human Services will provide training and 
                technical assistance to State child welfare agencies in 
                order to better support LGBTQI+ youth, whose needs are 
                often unmet in the foster care system, and take steps 
                to ensure all youth are placed in supportive 
                environments. Additionally, we are committed to 
                ensuring that older adolescents transitioning from the 
                foster care system have access to housing and education 
                and can pay their bills and prepare for adulthood, 
                which is why I have proposed increasing funding for the 
                John H. Chafee Successful Transition to Adulthood 
                program by 70 percent.

                This National Adoption Month, we recognize all the 
                adoptive and kinship families across America who change 
                children's lives for the better. We give thanks for the 
                foster families who love, care for, and provide for our 
                Nation's foster youth as well as the dedicated 
                professionals who are invested in these children's 
                futures. We send our encouragement to everyone still 
                waiting for the chance to adopt and grow their family. 
                We rededicate ourselves to ensuring that all children 
                have the unconditional love of a permanent home.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 2022 
                as National Adoption Month. I encourage all Americans 
                to honor this month by helping the children and youth 
                in your communities find homes where they can thrive. 
                Through our collective action, we can connect children 
                and youth with their forever families and give them a 
                brighter future.

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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 twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2022-24160
Filed 11-2-22; 11:15 am]
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