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HONORARY PROCLAMATION
DECLARING MAY 2019 AS
"NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH"
WHEREAS, the City of Arroyo Grande recognizes the importance of providing children safe, healthy and
loving homes when they are unable to remain in the home of their biological family; and
WHEREAS, more than 430,000 children in the United States, 60,000 children in California, and over 350
children, youth, and teenagers in the County of San Luis Obispo are in the foster care system; and
WHEREAS, to help these children have a healthy, loving and stable home environment where they can thrive
and feel connected to a community that cares for them, and to support the resource families that provide these
critical homes, the County of San Luis Obispo Department of Social Services is acknowledging National Foster
Care Month to raise awareness about the need for more resource family homes in our County and City for local
children and join other organizations to celebrate resource families in our community; and
WHEREAS, this effort will offer children the chance to live with healthy, loving and stable resource families
when they cannot live with their birth families and encourage other dedicated individuals to make a powerful
difference in the lives of a child through resource family care.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Caren Ray Russom, Mayor of the City of Arroyo Grande,
on behalf of the City Council, do hereby proclaim May as "National Foster Care Month" and in so doing,
urge all citizens to join in a national effort to raise awareness about the importance of foster care and resource
family care.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande to be affixed this 14th day of May 2019 .
CAREN RAY RUSSOM, MAYOR
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