Child Health Day, 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 53989-53990]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2019-22220]

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Proclamation 9944 of October 4, 2019

Child Health Day, 2019

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

On Child Health Day, we recognize that America's

children are the promise of our Nation, and their

health and well-being are among our greatest

responsibilities. Today, we recommit to our children

growing strong, dreaming big, and reaching their full

potential.

In partnership with families and communities, my

Administration is implementing new Federal programs and

supporting new State-level initiatives that help

diagnose, prevent, and combat diseases and maintain

health and wellness from childhood through adulthood.

The Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant

Program continues to provide funding to all States to

improve access to quality healthcare services for low-

income women, children, and families by improving the

outcomes of high-risk pregnancies, reducing infant

deaths, promoting childhood immunizations, and

protecting against diseases

lock Grant

Program continues to provide funding to all States to

improve access to quality healthcare services for low-

income women, children, and families by improving the

outcomes of high-risk pregnancies, reducing infant

deaths, promoting childhood immunizations, and

protecting against diseases. Additionally, I have

approved funding for the Maternal, Infant, and Early

Childhood Home Visiting Program to support Federal,

State, and community partners in offering voluntary

home visiting services that empower caregivers with the

evidence-based skills and resources they need to raise

healthy and happy children. I also signed into law the

SUPPORT Act, which addresses the most vulnerable

victims of the opioid crisis by allowing State Medicaid

programs to cover healthcare services for infants

suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome in

residential pediatric recovery centers.

My Administration is also working to eradicate the

leading cause of post-infancy death among our Nation's

young people--childhood cancer. Working with the

Congress, the Federal Government will invest $500

million over the next decade in pediatric cancer

research. This funding will enable our Nation's best

scientists and doctors to learn from those young people

living with this disease, creating new opportunities to

understand the unique causes of and best cures for

childhood cancer

will invest $500

million over the next decade in pediatric cancer

research. This funding will enable our Nation's best

scientists and doctors to learn from those young people

living with this disease, creating new opportunities to

understand the unique causes of and best cures for

childhood cancer. We must continue to employ every

resource available to ensure that the more than 15,000

children and adolescents under the age of 19 diagnosed

with cancer each year receive the best possible care

and treatment so they can triumph in their battle

against this horrible disease.

America's young people are facing unprecedented

challenges at school, in their homes, and in their

communities. From bullying and negative social media

interactions to the impacts of the opioid crisis on

themselves and their loved ones, we must do more to

foster an environment that promotes a culture of

respect for every human life. That is why I am proud of

the work our First Lady, Melania Trump, has undertaken

through her BE BEST initiative to promote childhood

health and well-being by encouraging healthy living,

kindness, compassion, and respect. This remarkable

program is helping children build a solid foundation to

navigate life's many challenges and to develop positive

social, emotional, and physical habits that will help

them become future leaders of our great country.

lth and well-being by encouraging healthy living,

kindness, compassion, and respect. This remarkable

program is helping children build a solid foundation to

navigate life's many challenges and to develop positive

social, emotional, and physical habits that will help

them become future leaders of our great country.

Parents play a critical role in raising healthy and

happy children, and their important work is bolstered

by the love and support of extended family, community

members, caregivers, mentors, educators, faith leaders,

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and respectable role models. On Child Health Day, we

urge all citizens to reaffirm their commitment to

ensuring the physical, spiritual, and emotional health

of our Nation's most precious resource.

The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 18,

1928, as amended (36 U.S.C. 105), has called for the

designation of the first Monday in October as Child

Health Day and has requested that the President issue a

proclamation in observance of this day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the

United States of America, by virtue of the authority

vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States, do hereby proclaim Monday, October 7,

2019, as Child Health Day. I call upon families, child

health professionals, faith-based and community

organizations, and governments to help ensure that

America's children stay safe and healthy.

vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States, do hereby proclaim Monday, October 7,

2019, as Child Health Day. I call upon families, child

health professionals, faith-based and community

organizations, and governments to help ensure that

America's children stay safe and healthy.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord two

thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

fourth.

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