    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    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

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    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
    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.
    DONALD J. TRUMP