CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, children are entitled to financial support from their parents, and North Carolina continues to improve its efforts at child support collections; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina Child Support Services is dedicated to serving families and children in North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, in State Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024, nearly $649 million was collected, providing support for more than 328,000 children; and
WHEREAS, children who do not receive adequate financial and emotional support from their parents may experience greater difficulty in becoming happy, healthy, and productive members of society; and
WHEREAS, many concerned and dedicated judges, district attorneys, clerks of court, sheriffs’ personnel, and child support professionals work to establish and enforce child support orders for North Carolina’s children, one of our state’s most vital resources;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim August, 2024, as “CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.