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Resolution No. 17-188
RESOLUTION DECLARING NOVEMBER 2017 AS ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTHI
WHEREAS, Butte County recognizes that all children need lave, support, security,and a plane to call home;and
WHEREAS, every year, more than 100,000 children in foster care in the United States are available for adoption;
and
WHEREAS,the average length of time a child spends in foster care in the United States waiting for an adoptive
family is nearly four years; and
WHEREAS, in Butte County there are approximately 555 children and youth in foster care; and
WHEREAS, in the first ten months of this year, 38 Butte County children in faster care have been adapted, and
32 more adoptions will be finalized on National Adoption Day on Decemlber 1, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Novemlber has been designated as National)Adoption Awareness Month and is declared so by
presidential proclamation each year;and
WHEREAS,the goal of National Adoption Awareness Month is to increase public awareness of the needs of
children waiting for permanent homes, as well as the enduring and valuable contribution of adoptive parents.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California,
hereby declare the month of November 2017 as Adoption Awareness Month in Butte County; recognize that every child)
deserves a permanent and loving family; and encourage all citizens to consider adoption during the month of November
and throughout the year.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 141h day of November, 2017,. by the
following vote:
AYES:Supervisors Wahl, Kirk, Lambert,Teeter, and Chair Connelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: (None
Bill Connelly,Chair
Butte County Boardof Supervisors
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Interum Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
Dep