Florida Senate - 2015                            (NP)    SR 1654
       
       
        
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       
       39-02491A-15                                          20151654__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing May 11, 2015, as “Child
    3         Welfare Professionals Recognition Day” in Florida.
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    5         WHEREAS, children are this state’s most precious resource
    6  and our promise for a bright future, and
    7         WHEREAS, Florida’s child welfare professionals are
    8  responsible for ensuring that our children live free from
    9  maltreatment; enjoy long-term, secure relationships within
   10  strong families and communities; and are physically and
   11  emotionally healthy and socially competent, and that families
   12  nurture, protect, and meet the needs of their children and
   13  ensure that children are well-integrated into their communities,
   14  and
   15         WHEREAS, Florida’s child welfare professionals build
   16  rapport and trust with families and those who know and support
   17  them; empower family members by identifying their strengths and
   18  the resources that are available to assist them; and demonstrate
   19  respect for each family in the context of its social network,
   20  community, and culture, and
   21         WHEREAS, Florida’s child welfare professionals form
   22  supportive partnerships with family members, relative
   23  caregivers, and foster and adoptive parents to achieve optimum
   24  communication, clear roles and responsibilities, and mutual
   25  accountability, while including parents and other caregivers in
   26  case decisionmaking, and
   27         WHEREAS, Florida’s child welfare professionals make
   28  invaluable contributions to the safety and quality of life of
   29  families and are sincerely dedicated to improving the lives of
   30  all children, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   32  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   34         That May 11, 2015, is recognized as “Child Welfare
   35  Professionals Recognition Day” in Florida.