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Adoption Exhibit 15
Children Waiting To Be Adopted, Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility
1993 VCIS Survey

1993 Reporting States Number of Children Awaiting Adoption Number of Children IV-E Eligible Finalized Percent IV-E Eligible (1)
Alabama 304 93 30.6%
Alaska      
Arizona      
Arkansas 162 0.0%  
California      
Colorado      
Connecticut      
Delaware      
D.C.      
Florida      
Georgia 526 210 39.9%
Hawaii      
Idaho 38 19 50.0%
Illinois      
Indiana 272    
Iowa      
Kansas      
Kentucky      
Louisiana      
Maine      
Maryland      
Massachusetts      
Michigan      
Minnesota      
Mississippi 91    
Missouri 414 302 72.9%
Montana      
Nebraska 94    
Nevada      
New Hampshire 4    
New Jersey 429    
New Mexico      
New York 3,317 3,058 92.2%
North Carolina 506    
North Dakota 9 8 88.9%
Ohio      
Oklahoma      
Oregon      
Pennsylvania      
Puerto Rico      
Rhode Island      
South Carolina 802    
South Dakota      
Tennessee 687    
Texas      
Utah      
Vermont 55 38 69.1%
Virginia 366 165 45.1%
Washington      
West Virginia      
Wisconsin      
Wyoming      
Reporting States Total 8,076 3,893 77.4%
Number of Reporting States 17 8  

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.