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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 |
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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.
- 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.
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