BILL NUMBER: ACR 183	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Bass, Davis, Evans, and
Portantino)
   (Coauthors: Senators Emmerson and Liu)

                        AUGUST 3, 2010

   Relative to California Adoption Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 183, as introduced, Fletcher. California Adoption Month.
   This measure would declare November 2010 to be California Adoption
Month.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of this state to increase
awareness regarding the adoption of children and youth from foster
care; and
   WHEREAS, Every child in California should live in a safe, stable,
permanent home, nurtured by healthy families and strong communities;
and
   WHEREAS, Every child needs and deserves to feel love and a sense
of belonging, and have the continuity of family and loved ones to
support and guide them in their lives; and
   WHEREAS, The efforts throughout our great state of public and
private adoption agencies that work tirelessly to find the best
family support for children and youth who cannot safely return to
their own families, and the efforts of child welfare jurisdictions
that are increasingly placing an emphasis on permanency in their
policy and practice, should be acknowledged and supported; and
   WHEREAS, The very important need to find and support permanent
homes for California's children and youth in foster care should also
be acknowledged and supported; and
   WHEREAS, Children with loving, caring, and involved parents can
better realize their full potential and thrive by encouragement from
their parents to aim high, work hard, and make the right choices that
will lead to a healthy and satisfying life; and
   WHEREAS, During the 2008-09 fiscal year, over 7,250 children were
adopted in the State of California; and
   WHEREAS, There are over 62,500 children in the California foster
care system; and
   WHEREAS, More than 18,000 of the children in foster care are
awaiting adoption into a permanent home; and
   WHEREAS, There are millions of children worldwide awaiting
permanent, safe, loving homes; and
   WHEREAS, Six in 10 Americans have had a personal experience with
adoption; meaning they, a family member, or a close friend was
adopted, has adopted a child, or has placed a child for adoption; and

   WHEREAS, Loving and nurturing families are formed every day when
committed and dedicated individuals make an important difference in
the life of a child through adoption; and
   WHEREAS, In the United States, over 1.7 million families have
created homes for adopted children; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares November 2010 to be
California Adoption Month; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution for appropriate distribution.