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Adoption Exhibit 9
Special Needs Status of Children with Adoptions Finalized,
Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility, 1994 VCIS Survey

1994 Reporting States One or More Special Needs Total Children Adopted Percent Special Needs (1) One or More Special Needs, IV-E Eligible Total Children IV-E Eligible Percent Special Needs IV-E Eligible (2)
Alabama 69 109 63.3% 16 25 64.0%
Alaska            
Arizona            
Arkansas 89 103 86.4% 89 89 100.0%
California            
Colorado            
Connecticut            
Delaware            
D.C. 0 85 0.0% 0 0  
Florida            
Georgia 302 411 73.5%      
Hawaii            
Idaho            
Illinois            
Indiana 265 330 80.3%      
Iowa            
Kansas            
Kentucky            
Louisiana            
Maine            
Maryland 98 247 39.7%      
Massachusetts 837 1068 78.4%      
Michigan            
Minnesota            
Mississippi 89 95 93.7%      
Missouri 520 520 100.0%      
Montana            
Nebraska 109 176 61.9%      
Nevada            
New Hampshire            
New Jersey 307 593 51.8%      
New Mexico 33 33 100.0% 27 27 100.0%
New York            
North Carolina            
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma            
Oregon            
Pennsylvania            
Puerto Rico            
Rhode Island            
South Carolina            
South Dakota            
Tennessee 71 125 56.8%      
Texas            
Utah            
Vermont 51 55 92.7% 41 43 95.3%
Virginia 11 381 2.9% 4 214 1.9%
Washington            
West Virginia            
Wisconsin 40 340 11.8% 17 183 9.3%
Wyoming            
Reporting States Total 2,793 4,424 63.1% 292 828 29.6%
Number of Reporting States 15 15 8 8    

Source: VCIS Survey, Part II, questions 19 and 19a.

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 adopted.
  2. Percent special needs, IV-E eligible is with respect to children adopted who are IV-E eligible.