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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign a Proclamation recognizing November 19, 2022, as National Adoption Day in the County of El Dorado, and express appreciation to Lilliput a part of Wayfinder Family Services, Stanford Sierra Youth & Families, Sierra Child and Family Services, relatives, and the citizens of El Dorado County who have provided permanent families for children through adoption.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) oversees the local Foster Care and Adoption programs and helps place children into resource homes. Through collaboration with Lilliput a part of Wayfinder Family Services, Stanford Sierra Youth & Families, Sierra Child and Family Services, and other private, non-profit adoption organizations, HHSA arranges for the permanent adoption of foster children. National Adoption Day is a collective effort to raise awareness of the more than 117,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the United States.
During the period of October 1, 2021, through September 31, 2022, twenty-five (25) children in El Dorado County were successfully placed into prospective adoptive homes and thirty-one (31) children were successfully adopted.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could decline to approve the Proclamation recognizing November 19, 2022 as “National Adoption Day.”
PRIOR BOARD ACTION:
1) 12-07-2021, File ID 21-1695, 12/07/21 HHSA - 2021 National Adoption Day Proclamation
2) 11-10-2020, File ID 20-1394, 11/10/20 HHSA - National Adoption Day Proclamation
3) 11-13-2018, File ID 18-1671, 11/13/18 HHSA - National Adoption Day Proclamation
4) 11-15-2016, File ID 15-1324, Version 2, National Adoption Day Proclamation, 2016
5) 11-17-2015, File ID 15-1324, Version 1, National Adoption Day Proclamation.
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
N/A
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impac...
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