Bill Text: OH SCR26 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To recognize the month of November as Ohio Adoption
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 23-10)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-11-06 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR26 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SCR26-Enrolled.html
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Senators Tavares, Burke
Cosponsors:
Senators Bacon, Balderson, Beagle, Brown, Cafaro, Coley, Eklund, Faber, Gardner, Gentile, Hite, Hughes, Jones, Jordan, Kearney, LaRose, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schiavoni, Seitz, Skindell, Smith, Turner, Uecker, Widener
To recognize the month of November as Ohio Adoption | 1 |
Month to raise awareness about the need for | 2 |
adoption. | 3 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, Every young person deserves the chance to learn and | 4 |
grow under the care of a loving family; and | 5 |
WHEREAS, We celebrate the adoptive families that have given | 6 |
that chance to children and teenagers and stand alongside every | 7 |
child still looking for the warmth and stability of a permanent | 8 |
home; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, Over 16,800 children are currently in Ohio's foster | 10 |
care system and 3,782 of them have been freed for adoption and are | 11 |
waiting for a family; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, These children will wait in foster care for three | 13 |
and one-half years to be adopted; and | 14 |
WHEREAS, 1,166 youth were never adopted and have aged out of | 15 |
foster care without a place to call home; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, We must work to give more young people permanent | 17 |
families and promising futures and encourage our friends and | 18 |
neighbors to open their hearts and their homes to children in | 19 |
need; now therefore be it | 20 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 21 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, recognize the | 22 |
month of November as Ohio Adoption Month to offer a sense of hope | 23 |
to children waiting for adoptive parents and to encourage Ohioans | 24 |
to answer the call to find a permanent and caring family for every | 25 |
child in need; and be it further | 26 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 27 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the news media of Ohio. | 28 |