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Proc 10642ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10642

Child Health Day, 2023

This proclamation designates Monday, October 2, 2023 as Child Health Day and calls upon families, health professionals, community organizations, and governments to help ensure children's safety and health. The document is primarily a commemorative statement that reviews the Biden Administration's past and ongoing policy efforts on gun safety, mental health, nutrition, climate, and child poverty without issuing new binding directives.

Federal Register Open PDF 88 FR 68441

Impact dates

  1. Child Health Day designated

Key directives

  • Proclaim Monday, October 2, 2023 as Child Health Day
  • Call upon families, child health professionals, faith-based and community organizations, and governments to help ensure children's safety and health

Timeline

Immediate

  • Child Health Day designated for October 2, 2023

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document references multiple pending policy goals (expanded Child Tax Credit, free school meals for 9 million more children by 2032, mental health parity rule) without new executive action to advance them
  • Climate and environmental justice framing may draw political polarization despite child health framing
Proclamation 10642: Child Health Day, 2023 · Executive Orders