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Proc 10484ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10484

National Adoption Month, 2022

This proclamation declares November 2022 as National Adoption Month, celebrating adoptive and foster families while highlighting several Biden Administration policy priorities: making the adoption tax credit fully refundable and extending it to legal guardianships, combating discrimination against LGBTQI+ families in adoption, and increasing funding for the Chafee foster youth transition program. It contains no binding directives, deadlines, or mandates—only encouragement and policy aspirations.

Federal Register Open PDF 87 FR 66517

Impact dates

  1. National Adoption Month begins

Key directives

  • Proclaim November 2022 as National Adoption Month
  • Encourage Americans to help children and youth find homes

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of November 2022 as National Adoption Month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Tax credit and funding proposals require Congressional action, not executive authority; proclamation is hortatory only
  • Reference to EO on LGBTQI+ equality lacks specificity on implementation mechanisms
  • Proposed 70% Chafee program increase is aspirational budget proposal, not enacted policy
Proclamation 10484: National Adoption Month, 2022 · Executive Orders