File #: 24-0480    Version: 1 Name: Proclamation: National Kinship Care Month
Type: Awards/Recognition Status: Awards/Recognition
File created: 8/21/2024 In control: Social Services
On agenda: 9/17/2024 Final action:
Title: Proclamation: National Kinship Care Month
Attachments: 1. Proclamation - National Kinship Care Month September 2024
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Title

Proclamation: National Kinship Care Month

 

Action

ACTION:

Adopt a proclamation declaring September 2024 as "National Kinship Care Month" in Mecklenburg County

 

 

Commissioner/Staff Contact:     George Dunlap, Chair

                                                                                                         Kimberly Henderson, Department Director - Child, Family and Adult Services

 

Presentation:      Yes                                             

 

 

BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:

Nationally more than 2.7 million children are living with grandparents, other relatives, and fictive kin in kinship care of which 85,000 of these young people reside in North Carolina and recognize September 2024 as "National Kinship Care Month" in Mecklenburg County.

 

 

PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:

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POLICY IMPACT:

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FISCAL IMPACT:

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