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Adoption Exhibit 21
Special Needs of Children Waiting to be Adopted,
Classified By Title IV-E Eligibility, 1994 VCIS Survey

1994 Reporting States One or More Special Needs Total Children Awaiting Adoption Percent Special Needs One or More Special Needs, IV-E Eligible Total Children IV-E Eligible Percent Special Needs IV-E Eligible (2)
Alabama 296 352 84.1% 89 113 78.8%
Alaska            
Arizona            
Arkansas 160 160 100.0% 128 128 100.0%
California            
Colorado            
Connecticut            
Delaware            
D.C. 16 407 3.9% 12 296 4.1%
Florida            
Georgia 2,129 2,798 76.1%      
Hawaii            
Idaho 13 27 48.1% 3 12 25.0%
Illinois            
Indiana 231 254 90.9%      
Iowa            
Kansas            
Kentucky            
Louisiana            
Maine            
Maryland       147 362 40.6%
Massachusetts            
Michigan            
Minnesota            
Mississippi            
Missouri 544 544 100.0% 388 388 100.0%
Montana            
Nebraska 64 85 75.3%      
Nevada            
New Hampshire            
New Jersey            
New Mexico 180 190 94.7% 144 152 94.7%
New York            
North Carolina            
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma            
Oregon            
Pennsylvania            
Puerto Rico            
Rhode Island            
South Carolina 670 797 84.1%      
South Dakota            
Tennessee 425 729 58.3%      
Texas            
Utah            
Vermont 21 66 31.8%      
Virginia 15 435 3.4% 5 242 2.1%
Washington            
West Virginia            
Wisconsin 28 349 8.0% 14 188 7.4%
Wyoming            
Reporting States Total 4,771 7,127 66.9% 951 1,947 40.8%
Number of Reporting States 13 13 10 10    

Source: VCIS Survey, Part II, questions 23 and 23a.

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. Percent special needs is with respect to total children waiting to be adopted.
  2. Percent special needs, IV-E eligible is with respect to total IV-E eligible children waiting to be adopted.