PRINTER'S NO. 2691
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
599
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WATSON, BAKER, BARRAR, BERNSTINE, BOBACK,
V. BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CHARLTON, CORR, DEAN, DRISCOLL,
DUSH, EVERETT, HELM, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KAVULICH, KINSEY,
LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MALONEY, MARSICO, MILLARD, B. MILLER,
MURT, NEILSON, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, RAPP, ROTHMAN, ROZZI,
RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SONNEY, STAATS, THOMAS, TOOHIL,
WARD, WHEELAND AND GROVE, NOVEMBER 13, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing November 18, 2017, as "National Adoption Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Adoption provides a child with a lifetime connection
to a family, profoundly changing the course of that child's life
by providing stability, security, love and opportunity; and
WHEREAS, "National Adoption Day" is a collective national
effort to raise awareness of more than 100,000 children across
the United States who are in foster care and waiting to be
adopted; and
WHEREAS, This annual one-day event held on the Saturday
before Thanksgiving has made the dreams of thousands of children
come true by working with policymakers, practitioners and
advocates to finalize adoptions and further create and celebrate
adoptive families; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 4,700 children in the United States
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had their adoptions finalized on the 17th annual "National
Adoption Day" in 2016; and
WHEREAS, Since its inception in 2000, "National Adoption Day"
has helped nearly 65,000 children in the United States move from
foster care to adoption; and
WHEREAS, More than 2,500 children in this Commonwealth are
currently waiting to be adopted; and
WHEREAS, The average wait for a child in foster care to be
adopted is three years; and
WHEREAS, More than 23,000 children in the United States age
out of the foster care system every year with no family or
permanent home; and
WHEREAS, The collaboration between and commitment of both
public and private adoption agencies should be recognized as
these agencies tirelessly address the needs of children
throughout this Commonwealth and this nation; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize
November 18, 2017, as "National Adoption Day" in Pennsylvania.
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