House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) recently introduced a bill to recognize National Adoption Day and support a different House-passed bill that is intended to prompt states to increase adoptions from foster care.
“Children in foster care deserve a place to call home, not just for a few months or years, but for good,” Camp said. “Having focused on adoption since arriving in Congress – and having helped create the Adoption Incentives Program – I know by providing states with incentives for adoptions we can encourage them to do more to help these children…”
The bipartisan Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act was passed by the House of Representatives last month, but a Senate vote on the measure has not been held.
“…We have already seen great progress in increasing adoptions since this program was created in 1997, and it is our hope to continue this progress with this bill,” Camp said.
The recently introduced bill, H. Res. 409, recognizes the importance of increasing awareness about the children who are awaiting homes and the importance of people who work to find homes for children who are enrolled in foster care.
The measure also recognizes that there are more than 400,000 children in the United States who are in need of a home.