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Adoption Exhibit 11
Special Needs Status of Children with Adoptions Finalized,
Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility, 1992 VCIS Survey

1992 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 134 192 69.8% 28 39 71.8%
Alaska            
Arizona            
Arkansas 18 29 62.1% 4 6 66.7%
California            
Colorado            
Connecticut            
Delaware            
D.C.            
Florida            
Georgia 327 410 79.8% 147 180 81.7%
Hawaii            
Idaho            
Illinois            
Indiana 266 331 80.4%      
Iowa            
Kansas            
Kentucky            
Louisiana            
Maine            
Maryland 17 43 39.5% 9 26 34.6%
Massachusetts 511 599 85.3%      
Michigan            
Minnesota            
Mississippi            
Missouri 533 533 100.0%      
Montana            
Nebraska 94 132 71.2%      
Nevada            
New Hampshire            
New Jersey            
New Mexico            
New York 2,678 2,996 89.4% 2,407 2,672 90.1%
North Carolina            
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma            
Oregon            
Pennsylvania            
Puerto Rico            
Rhode Island            
South Carolina 193 325 59.4% 93 93  
South Dakota            
Tennessee 53 93 57.0%      
Texas            
Utah            
Vermont 54 68 79.4% 41 54  
Virginia 12 394 3.0% 6 200 3.0%
Washington            
West Virginia            
Wisconsin            
Wyoming            
Reporting States Total 4,890 6,145 79.6% 2,735 3,270 66.9%
Number of Reporting States 13 13 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.