lamar and holly moreland already had two beautiful biological children, derek and hunter, but through their work in the judicial and legal system, lamar and holly knew they wanted to expand their family through adoption. last fall they were matched to the michigan adoption resource exchange after seeing photos of 12-year-old dexter and 7-year-old hayley. everything worked out. dexter and hayley have made the adjustment and are doing well in school. they have found their forever family. thank you. [ applause ] there were two new public acts in 2011 that stuck -- struck, excuse me, a special chord in my heart. one was the extension of foster care services to age 21 instead of age 18, for young adults who would otherwise have aged out of foster care. this change will make a big difference in their young lives. and i want to give special recognition to western michigan university, which has already provided special support to 141 young adults in this age group through their sea to scholars program. [ applause ] the second public act i was going to mention was probably among the most emoti