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Proc 10540ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10540

Care Workers Recognition Month, 2023

President Biden proclaimed April 2023 as Care Workers Recognition Month, honoring child care workers, home care workers, and long-term care workers while highlighting his Administration's past investments ($39 billion from American Rescue Plan) and future budget proposals ($600 billion for child care/preschool, $150 billion for Medicaid home- and community-based services). The proclamation calls on all Americans to celebrate care workers through ceremonies and activities but contains no binding policy directives or deadlines.

Federal Register Open PDF 88 FR 20359

Impact dates

  1. Start of Care Workers Recognition Month observance period

Key directives

  • Proclaim April 2023 as Care Workers Recognition Month
  • Call upon all Americans to celebrate care workers with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect for April 2023

Near term (90d)

  • Month-long observance period (April 2023)

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document describes past and proposed budget investments but these are not directives in this proclamation; legislative proposals require Congressional action
  • Proclamation's call for 'better pay, better benefits' is aspirational language without binding force
  • Gender and racial wealth gap framing may draw partisan reactions but proclamation itself is non-binding
Proclamation 10540: Care Workers Recognition Month, 2023 · Executive Orders