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Adoption Exhibit 4
Children With Adoptions Finalized
1991 VCIS Survey

1991 Reporting States Total Number of Adoptions Finalized Number of Children IV-E Eligible Finalized Percent IV-E Eligible (1)
Alabama 182 39 21.4%
Alaska      
Arizona      
Arkansas 48 13 27.1%
California      
Colorado      
Connecticut      
Delaware      
D.C.      
Florida      
Georgia      
Hawaii      
Idaho 31 0 0.0%
Illinois      
Indiana 276    
Iowa      
Kansas      
Kentucky      
Louisiana      
Maine      
Maryland 46 24 52.2%
Massachusetts 595    
Michigan      
Minnesota      
Mississippi 79    
Missouri 542    
Montana      
Nebraska 134    
Nevada      
New Hampshire 75    
New Jersey 480    
New Mexico      
New York 2,180 1,878 86.1%
North Carolina 178    
North Dakota 70 36 51.4%
Ohio      
Oklahoma      
Oregon      
Pennsylvania      
Puerto Rico      
Rhode Island      
South Carolina 294    
South Dakota      
Tennessee 99    
Texas      
Utah      
Vermont 71 66 93.0%
Virginia 423 182 43.0%
Washington      
West Virginia      
Wisconsin 270 172 63.7%
Wyoming      
Reporting States Total 6,073 2,410 72.6%
Number of Reporting States 19 9  

Source: VCIS Survey, Part II, questions 15 and 15a.

A blank cell within a row indicates either that the relevant question is not applicable to the state, or that the state did not respond to the question.

  1. The percent of IV-E eligible children is with respect to the total number of children (for IV-E responding states) who had adoptions finalized during the reporting period.