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A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to…

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A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.

Introduced: May 22, 2014 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2014
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3308-3309; text as passed Senate: CR S3299-3300)
May 22, 2014
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3308-3309; text as passed Senate: CR S3299-3300)
May 22, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children in the foster care system face.

Encourages Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system and maximize the number of children exiting foster care to the protection of safe, loving, and permanent families.

Supports the designation of National Foster Care Month.

What's happening now May 22, 2014

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3308-3309; text as passed Senate: CR S3299-3300)

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 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 3
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · May 22, 2014
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 22, 2014
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 22, 2014
 R
Hoeven, John
North Dakota · May 22, 2014
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · May 22, 2014
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 22, 2014
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 22, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 456: A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-SRES-456/
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"S. Res. 456: A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-SRES-456/.
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S. Res. 456, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-SRES-456/.
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[S. Res. 456: A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-SRES-456/)
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