Memorandum
Date: May 14, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Stephen Carter, Interim Director, Department of Social Services
Amber Davis, Deputy Director, Child Welfare Services
Subject: Adopt Proclamation Designating the Month of May 2024 as National Foster Care Month in Lake County
Executive Summary: Adopt Proclamation Designating the Month of May 2024 as National Foster Care Month in Lake County
WHEREAS, Lake County Board of Supervisors recognizes the importance of providing children safe, healthy, and loving homes when they are unable to remain in the home of their biological family; and
WHEREAS, there are 391,098 children in the United States in foster care; and
WHEREAS, there are 43,633 children in California in foster care; and
WHEREAS, there are 72 children in the County of Lake who are living in the home of a caregiver; and
WHEREAS, to help these children have a healthy, loving, and stable home environment where they can thrive and feel connected to a community that cares for them and celebrate and support the resource families that provide these critical homes in our county; and
WHEREAS, the County is acknowledging National Foster Care Month to raise awareness about the need for more resource family homes for local children; and
WHEREAS, this effort, along with similar celebrations in all 50 states, will offer children the chance to live with healthy, loving, and stable resource families when they cannot live with their birth families and encourage other dedicated individuals to make a powerful difference in the lives of a child through resource family care.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED that the Lake County Board of Supervisors is wholeheartedly proclaiming the month of May 2024 as National Foster Care Month in Lake County and in so doing, urges all citizens to join in a national effort to raise awareness about the importance of foster care and resource family care.
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Recommended Action: Adopt Proclamation Designating the Month of May 2024 as National Foster Care Month in Lake County