    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9815 of October 31, 2018

    National Adoption Month, 2018

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation
    During National Adoption Month, we recognize the immeasurable love and
    support that adoptive parents and families provide to hundreds of
    thousands of children each year. We celebrate the life-changing act of
    adoption, bring attention to the millions of Americans who are eager to
    adopt, and express our gratitude to the families who have welcomed
    children into their lives and homes. My Administration also acknowledges
    the courage of those mothers and fathers who place their child for
    adoption. Our Nation grows stronger because of the love and sacrifice of
    parents, both birth and adoptive.
    Adoption is a blessing for all involved. It provides needed relief to
    birth parents, who may not, for whatever reason, be in a position to
    raise a child. It fosters loving homes for children. It enables
    individuals to grow their families and share their love. And it fosters
    strong families, which are integral to ensuring strong communities and a
    resilient country. To secure the benefits of adoption, we must continue
    to assist families who are willing to adopt children in need of a
    permanent home and support the adoptive families already formed. We must
    also encourage all Americans to recognize that adoption is a powerful
    way to show women they are not alone in an unexpected pregnancy.
    My Administration is dedicated to supporting the children in foster care
    who are seeking permanent homes. Unfortunately, many youth leave foster
    care at the age of 18 without lasting family connections. These children
    deserve a permanent family, which can provide them with love, stability,
    support, and encouragement as they pursue personal, educational, and
    employment goals and confront life's opportunities and challenges.
    Adoption affirms the inherent value of human life and signals that every
    child--born or unborn--is wanted and loved. Children, regardless of
    race, sex, age, or disability, deserve a loving embrace into families
    they can call their own. This month, we honor the thousands of American
    families who have grown because of adoption. We also stand with those
    children in foster care, and we appeal to families, communities, and
    houses of worship across our great Nation to help these children find a
    permanent home.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Con

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    stitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November
    2018 as National Adoption Month. I encourage all Americans to observe
    this month by helping children in need of a permanent home secure a more
    promising future with a forever family, so they may enter adulthood with
    the love and support we all deserve.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
    October, 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.
    DONALD J. TRUMP