National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2020
| Citation | 85 FR 55161 |
| Record Number | 2020-19742 |
| Published date | 03 September 2020 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 172 (Thursday, September 3, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 172 (Thursday, September 3, 2020)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Vol. 85
Thursday,
No. 172
September 3, 2020
Part III
The President
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Proclamation 10065--National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month,
2020
Proclamation 10066--National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2020
Proclamation 10067--National Preparedness Month, 2020
Proclamation 10068--National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, 2020
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10065 of August 31, 2020
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery
Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month is a
time to honor and celebrate the millions of Americans
who have found a pathway from addiction to a life of
renewed purpose.
The theme of this year's Recovery Month is ``Join the
Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections.'' For
those in or seeking recovery, developing and nurturing
connections and relationships is essential. Despite
challenges to developing and fostering meaningful
connections caused by the coronavirus, Americans in
recovery have demonstrated resilience and resolve by
creating new and innovative means of connecting to fill
the void of in person interactions. From establishing
virtual peer support groups that embrace technology
like videoconferencing to holding health and wellness
classes remotely or in person following social
distancing guidelines, Americans in recovery are
finding strength in their communities.
Throughout these unprecedented and challenging times,
my Administration has taken historic action to ensure
the road to recovery remains open. Among other
measures, we have expanded access to telehealth
services and ensured addiction treatment medications
have remained available, including in rural and other
underserved areas. In March, I signed the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide
millions of dollars in emergency funding for a wide
range of prevention, treatment, and recovery services
during the pandemic. My Administration is also working
tirelessly to increase access to effective treatments
and to build up the Nation's peer recovery support
services infrastructure.
To help end the scourge of addiction, my Administration
released our National Treatment Plan for Substance Use
Disorder, which outlines steps for improving the
quality of treatment across a full continuum of care.
This includes early identification and intervention
services, and increased access to addiction treatment
and recovery support services. Additionally, in June, I
signed an Executive Order that requires the Secretary
of Health and Human Services to survey community
support models addressing addiction and to make
recommendations to ensure successful models are widely
adopted and implemented.
It is within a communal framework of love, compassion,
and understanding, nurtured by the shared experiences
of strength, hope, and healing, that we can find
understanding and inspiration in one another. As our
Nation continues to recognize those who are
successfully breaking the chains of addiction and drug
and alcohol misuse, we applaud the healthcare and
treatment professionals, counselors, peer recovery
coaches, faith leaders, first responders, family
members, friends, and advocates who are vital in
helping them achieve and sustain recovery, whether in
person, over the phone, or virtually. Together, we can
help more Americans live healthy and meaningful lives
while building a stronger Nation.
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 September 2020 as
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. I
call upon the
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people of the United States to observe this month with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2020-19742
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