To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Proclaim November 2025 as Adoption Awareness Month
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution proclaiming November 2025 Adoption Awareness Month in Contra Costa County, as recommended by the Employment & Human Services Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The 2025 National Adoption Month theme is "Honoring Youth: Strengthening Pathways for Lasting Bonds." By honoring every youth and their network, professionals can work toward an adoption that is meaningful and purposeful, paving the way for healing, well-being, and long-term stability.
President Bill Clinton named November as National Adoption Month in 1995. In recent years, the national focus has been on adoption of teens since teens in foster care wait longer for permanency and are at higher risk of aging out without permanent connections, placing them at risk for negative outcomes.
Children and Family Services (CFS) of the Contra Costa County Employment & Human Services Department (EHSD) work to find caregivers who can offer children and youth permanent homes through adoption. During Fiscal Year 2024-25, CFS completed 53 adoptions in Contra Costa County.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
No recognition of Adoption Awareness Month.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This resolution supports all five of Contra Costa County's community outcomes of the Children's Report Card: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3) "Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families."
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF proclaiming November 2025 as National Adoption ...
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