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Adoption Exhibit 42
Special Needs Status of Children In Non-Finalized Adoptive Homes,
Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility, 1990 VCIS Survey

1990 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 131 202 64.9% 40 51 78.4%
Alaska            
Arizona 302 331 91.2% 97 106 91.5%
Arkansas 30 99 30.3% 30 30 100.0%
California            
Colorado            
Connecticut            
Delaware            
D.C.            
Florida            
Georgia 505 580 87.1%      
Hawaii            
Idaho 41 177 23.2% 2 2 100.0%
Illinois            
Indiana            
Iowa            
Kansas            
Kentucky            
Louisiana            
Maine            
Maryland            
Massachusetts            
Michigan            
Minnesota            
Mississippi            
Missouri 389 540 72.0% 131 210 62.4%
Montana            
Nebraska            
Nevada            
New Hampshire            
New Jersey            
New Mexico 141 145 97.2% 141 99 142.4%
New York 1,955 2,234 87.5% 1,742 1,984 87.8%
North Carolina            
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma            
Oregon            
Pennsylvania            
Puerto Rico            
Rhode Island 11 56 19.6%      
South Carolina 191 291 65.6%      
South Dakota            
Tennessee 243 527 46.1%      
Texas 66 439 15.0%      
Utah 10 25 40.0% 7 13 53.8%
Vermont            
Virginia 16 393 4.1% 8 183 4.4%
Washington            
West Virginia            
Wisconsin 41 268 15.3% 18 175 10.3%
Wyoming            
Reporting States Total 4,072 6,307 64.6% 2,216 2,853 77.7%
Number of Reporting States 15 15 10 10    

Source: VCIS Survey, Part II, questions 28 and 28a.

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 in non-finalized adoptive homes.
  2. Percent special needs, IV-E eligible is with respect to total IV-E eligible children in non-finalized adoptive homes.