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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 792
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WHEREAS, The observation of National Foster Care Month in |
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May 2015 offers a fitting opportunity to recognize those selfless |
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individuals who help children and youth in foster care find |
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permanent homes and relationships; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1988, National Foster Care Month |
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serves to raise awareness of the needs of foster children and to |
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encourage individuals, agencies, and organizations to take an |
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active role in the foster care system to ensure seamless support |
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for the country's most vulnerable citizens; with the theme "Get |
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to Know the Many Faces of Foster Care," this year's National |
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Foster Care Month is highlighting the diversity of the children, |
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youth, families, and professionals involved in the foster care |
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system as well as the various forms that permanence for foster |
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children can take: kinship care, guardianship, or lifelong |
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personal connections through adoption; and |
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WHEREAS, Currently, there are nearly 400,000 minors in the |
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United States foster care system and more than 30,000 in Texas; |
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over half of the children in foster care return to their parents, |
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but many others remain in the system, waiting an average of three |
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years before being adopted; a significant percentage of those |
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eligible for adoption age out of the system without ever finding |
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a permanent home; and |
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WHEREAS, By taking foster children into their hearts as |
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well as their homes, adoptive and foster parents are not only |
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providing a safe, stable, and supportive environment for those |
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children to grow up in but are also helping them to develop a |
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sense of confidence and self-worth and hope for a brighter |
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future; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby recognize May 2015 as National Foster Care |
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Month and extend profound appreciation to all who are engaged in |
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providing care to foster children. |
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Uresti |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 12, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |