President Obama has proclaimed the month of May 2016 as National Foster Care Month.
As many as 300 children are removed from their biological families and placed into foster care each month in the DFW Metroplex and surrounding counties so that they can be kept safe from abuse, neglect and exploitation. CK Family Services recruits, trains, and supports individuals, couples, and families from our local community to become mission driven foster families to serve our communities children and families.
We invite you to join CK Family Services in recognizing May 2016 as National Foster Care Month by sharing this information with your social networks or by making a donation to protect children in your community from being abused, neglected, and exploited.
Excerpts from the Presidential Proclamation are shown below:
The success of our country tomorrow depends on the well-being of our children today. – President Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation, April 28, 2016
During National Foster Care Month, we lift up our Nation’s foster children, celebrate the selfless men and women who embrace children in the foster care system, and we recommit to helping more children find permanency so they can feel stable, grounded, and free to fulfill their limitless potential. – President Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation, April 28, 2016
With open hearts, families and professionals across America work each day to give foster youth the resources, warmth, and care they need. – President Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation, April 28, 2016
We also know kids are better off when raised by loving families, not institutions. – President Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation, April 28, 2016
Children grow to become their best selves when they are surrounded by supportive families. Caretakers support foster youth and help them see a future of greater promise and hope. – President Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation, April 28, 2016
This month, and every month, let us pay tribute to the children in foster care and the dedicated parents and professionals who tirelessly work to shape their lives. And as a country, let us embrace the spirit that every child matters and continue working to provide all of our daughters and sons with an equal chance to lead productive and fulfilling lives, limited by nothing but the power of their imaginations and the scope of their dreams. – President Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation, April 28, 2016
