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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 130
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
A RESOLUTION
To designate the month of May as Foster Care Month in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, every child deserves the safety, love and well-being of a permanent
family and home; 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, more than eight thousand children and youth are served
annually in foster care and are provided with safe, secure, and stable homes, and the
compassion and love of foster families; and
WHEREAS, all young people in foster care need a meaningful connection to a caring
adult who provides 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
adulthood; and
WHEREAS, dedicated foster families frequently adopt foster children, resulting in
a need for more foster families; and
WHEREAS, volunteers, professionals, community, and faith based organizations are
working to increase public awareness of the needs of children in or leaving foster care, and
the enduring and valuable contributions of foster parents is worthy of recognition; and
WHEREAS, the Foster Care & Adoption Caucus has been created in the Legislature
of Louisiana to bring adoption and foster care issues to the forefront of consciousness for
legislators and policy makers.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate the month of May as Foster Care Month in
Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this Resolution be transmitted
to Kim Carver of the Louisiana Institute of Children in Families, Judge Madeleine Landrieu,
and the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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