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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 128
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
A RESOLUTION
To recognize the month of May as "Foster Care Awareness Month" in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the safety of children is paramount to the citizens of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the family, serving as the primary source of love, identity, self-esteem,
and support, is the very foundation of our communities; and
WHEREAS, in Louisiana there are more than seventy-three hundred children and
youth served annually in foster care who are being provided with a safe, secure, and stable
temporary home or care setting; and
WHEREAS, all young people in foster care deserve a meaningful, permanent
connection to a caring adult who is a supportive and lasting presence in their lives; and
WHEREAS, foster, kinship, and adoptive families play a vital role in helping
children and families heal and reconnect, thereby launching young people into successful
school, work, and family lives; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Children and Family Services recognizes the support,
generosity, and love provided by the two thousand foster families who take into their homes
abused and neglected children in Louisiana's foster care program; and
WHEREAS, dedicated foster families frequently adopt foster children, resulting in
a need for more foster families; and
WHEREAS, numerous individuals and organizations, including law enforcement,
court systems, CASA, and foster families advocate regarding the needs of children in foster
care; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Children and Family Services, through the "Faith in
Families" program, is working to reduce the amount of time children spend in foster care and
to improve outcomes for foster children in Louisiana. SR NO. 128 ENROLLED
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize the month of May as "Foster Care Awareness Month" in Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Suzy
Sonnier, secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE