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Adoption Exhibit 16
Children Waiting To Be Adopted, Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility
1992 VCIS Survey

1992 Reporting States Number of Children Awaiting Adoption Number of Children IV-E Eligible Finalized Percent IV-E Eligible (1)
Alabama 310 73 23.5%
Alaska      
Arizona      
Arkansas 125    
California      
Colorado      
Connecticut      
Delaware      
D.C.      
Florida      
Georgia 450 189 42.0%
Hawaii      
Idaho 45 17 37.8%
Illinois      
Indiana 287    
Iowa      
Kansas      
Kentucky      
Louisiana      
Maine      
Maryland      
Massachusetts      
Michigan      
Minnesota      
Mississippi 96    
Missouri 379 274 72.3%
Montana      
Nebraska 91    
Nevada      
New Hampshire 3    
New Jersey 424    
New Mexico      
New York 3,177 2,922 92.0%
North Carolina 514    
North Dakota 16 12 75.0%
Ohio      
Oklahoma      
Oregon      
Pennsylvania      
Puerto Rico      
Rhode Island      
South Carolina 857    
South Dakota      
Tennessee 571    
Texas      
Utah      
Vermont 39 26 66.7%
Virginia 423 199 47.0%
Washington      
West Virginia      
Wisconsin      
Wyoming      
Reporting States Total 7,807 3,712 76.7%
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.