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This resolution designates November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month, highlighting the critical need to find permanent homes for children in the foster care system. The resolution acknowledges the significant challenges faced by unparented children, including the 328,947 children in the U.S. foster care system, with approximately 70,421 awaiting adoption as of September 30, 2024. It emphasizes that many children wait nearly three years in foster care and that in 2023, 15,590 children were at risk of aging out of the system without finding a permanent home. The resolution recognizes that while 1 in 3 adults have considered adoption, many have misconceptions about the process. It celebrates the collective national effort to find loving families for children in foster care, noting that since 2000, more than 85,000 children have been placed in permanent families through National Adoption Day. The resolution ultimately calls on the people of the United States to recognize the importance of providing permanent and loving families for children, encouraging adoption during November and throughout the year.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/513/all-info