27 dez 1995 ano - First National Adoption Month (Children's Bureau, 2012)

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The first Adoption Week in the United States was established in 1976 by Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts; in 1984, Congress designated the week of November 19–25 the first National Adoption Week. President Clinton was the first to proclaim an entire National Adoption Month, in 1995. Each November since then, Federal, State, and community organizations arrange events and activities that draw attention to the many children in foster care awaiting permanent, caring families.