; Whereas November is National Adoption Month, and National Adoption Day occurs in November; Whereas National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to find permanent, loving families for children in the foster care system; Whereas, since the first National Adoption Day in 2000, more than 70,000 children have joined permanent families on National Adoption Day; and Whereas the President traditionally issues an annual proclamation to declare the month of November as National Adoption Month, and National Adoption Day is on November 17, 2018: Now, therefore, be it