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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 107
BY SENATOR JOHNS
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 there are more than eight thousand children and youth
served annually in foster care being provided with a safe, secure, and stable home along with
the compassion and love of a foster family; 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, there are numerous individuals, both volunteer and professional, and
community and faith-based organizations, who work to increase public awareness of the
needs of children, in and leaving foster care, as well as the enduring and valuable
contribution of foster parents; and
WHEREAS, a new informal caucus - the Foster Care & Adoption Caucus - has been
created in the Louisiana Legislature to bring adoption and foster care issues to the forefront
of consciousness for legislators and policy makers.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate the month of May as Foster Care Month in Louisiana.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy 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.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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