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Proc 9201ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9201

National Adoption Month, 2014

President Obama proclaimed November 2014 as National Adoption Month, encouraging Americans to support adoption and highlighting administration efforts to reduce foster care wait times, extend the Adoption Tax Credit, and promote policies removing barriers for adoptive families regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or marital status.

Federal Register Open PDF 79 FR 65859

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of November 2014 as National Adoption Month

Near term (90d)

  • National Adoption Day observance on Saturday before Thanksgiving 2014

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Non-binding encouragement language ('I encourage') rather than mandates; policy claims about administration investments are descriptive of existing efforts, not new directives in this document
Proclamation 9201: National Adoption Month, 2014 · Executive Orders