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This is a presidential proclamation — a formal symbolic declaration — signed by President Donald Trump on November 17, 2025, designating November 2025 as National Adoption Month in the United States. It carries no binding legal force on its own but uses the office of the presidency to draw public attention to adoption and foster care issues.
The proclamation itself changes nothing legally or operationally; it is an awareness designation only. It references two separate, previously enacted policy actions as context: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the proclamation states expanded the adoption tax credit and the child tax credit, and an Executive Order on Fostering the Future for American Children and Families signed the prior week, which directed federal agencies to use technology and partnerships to support youth in or aging out of foster care. The proclamation also references the Family First Prevention Services Act, signed during the president’s first term, as an existing legal foundation for child welfare reform. None of those underlying measures are created or modified by this proclamation itself.
Prospective and current adoptive families, foster families, and children in the foster care system are the populations the proclamation addresses, as they are the intended beneficiaries of the referenced tax credits and executive order. Child welfare agencies and nonprofit organizations may use the designation to raise public awareness or promote recruitment of adoptive and foster families during November.