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Adoption Exhibit 14
Children Waiting To Be Adopted, Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility
1994 VCIS Survey

1994 Reporting States Number of Children Awaiting Adoption Number of Children IV-E Eligible Finalized Percent IV-E Eligible (1)
Alabama 352 113 32.1%
Alaska      
Arizona      
Arkansas 160 128 80.0%
California      
Colorado      
Connecticut      
Delaware      
D.C. 407 296 72.7%
Florida      
Georgia 2,798 1,175 42.0%
Hawaii      
Idaho 27 12 44.4%
Illinois      
Indiana 254    
Iowa      
Kansas      
Kentucky      
Louisiana      
Maine      
Maryland 500 362 72.4%
Massachusetts 1,212    
Michigan      
Minnesota      
Mississippi 242    
Missouri 544 388 71.3%
Montana      
Nebraska 85    
Nevada      
New Hampshire      
New Jersey 421    
New Mexico 190 152 80.0%
New York      
North Carolina 357    
North Dakota 10 9 90.0%
Ohio      
Oklahoma      
Oregon      
Pennsylvania      
Puerto Rico      
Rhode Island      
South Carolina 797    
South Dakota      
Tennessee 729    
Texas      
Utah      
Vermont 75 66 88.0%
Virginia 435 242 55.6%
Washington      
West Virginia      
Wisconsin 349 188 53.9%
Wyoming      
Reporting States Total 9,944 3,131 53.5%
Number of Reporting States 20 12a  

Source: VCIS Survey, Part II, questions 20 and 20a.

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. The percent of IV-E eligible children is with respect to the total number of children (for IV-E responding states) waiting to be adopted.