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Table 7: ADOPT
Date: March, 2008

Child's Special Needs
October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006

STATE
Child's Special needs Total Missing
Yes1 No % N N
Alabama 65% 35% 100% 387 0
Alaska 98% 2% 100% 212 0
Arizona 88% 12% 100% 1400 0
Arkansas 78% 22% 100% 395 0
California 98% 2% 100% 7364 0
Colorado2 58% 42% 100% 635 321
Connecticut 41% 59% 100% 649 0
Delaware 77% 23% 100% 94 0
District of Columbia 100% 0% 100% 179 0
Florida 79% 21% 100% 3024 22
Georgia 38% 62% 100% 1246 4
Hawaii 91% 9% 100% 397 0
Idaho 100% 0% 100% 172 5
Illinois 95% 5% 100% 1740 0
Indiana2 86% 14% 100% 194 989
Iowa2 85% 15% 100% 682 302
Kansas 73% 27% 100% 524 0
Kentucky 80% 20% 100% 759 0
Louisiana 72% 28% 100% 466 0
Maine 88% 12% 100% 331 0
Maryland2 100% 0% 100% 176 188
Massachusetts 99% 1% 100% 874 0
Michigan 68% 32% 100% 2591 0
Minnesota 83% 17% 100% 664 0
Mississippi 99% 1% 100% 248 0
Missouri 72% 28% 100% 1242 11
Montana 87% 13% 100% 272 0
Nebraska 70% 30% 100% 534 0
Nevada 95% 5% 100% 444 0
New Hampshire 100% 0% 100% 135 0
New Jersey 90% 10% 100% 1325 0
New Mexico 99% 1% 100% 338 0
New York 97% 3% 100% 2810 0
North Carolina 94% 6% 100% 1234 0
North Dakota 76% 24% 100% 150 0
Ohio 100% 0% 100% 1734 69
Oklahoma 97% 3% 100% 1141 0
Oregon 72% 28% 100% 1095 0
Pennsylvania 88% 12% 100% 1926 0
Puerto Rico 36% 64% 100% 236 0
Rhode Island 31% 69% 100% 258 0
South Carolina 95% 5% 100% 425 0
South Dakota 100% 0% 100% 150 0
Tennessee 83% 17% 100% 994 0
Texas 88% 12% 100% 3409 0
Utah 94% 6% 100% 500 3
Vermont 100% 0% 100% 164 0
Virginia 80% 20% 100% 551 0
Washington2 0% 0% 0% 0 1196
West Virginia 100% 0% 100% 418 1
Wisconsin 100% 0% 100% 885 0
Wyoming 96% 4% 100% 57 0

1 In the child welfare field, the child characteristics included in the "special needs" category are determined by the State child welfare agency. They always include having a disability and frequently include membership in a sibling or minority group, or older age.

2 The data from this State is questionable due to the large percentage of missing data.

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