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Adoption Exhibit 18
Children Waiting To Be Adopted, Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility
1990 VCIS Survey
1990 Reporting States |
Number of Children Awaiting Adoption |
Number of Children IV-E Eligible Finalized |
Percent IV-E Eligible (1) |
Alabama |
333 |
109 |
32.7% |
Alaska |
|
|
|
Arizona |
120 |
41 |
34.2% |
Arkansas |
84 |
38 |
45.2% |
California |
1,604 |
875 |
54.6% |
Colorado |
|
|
|
Connecticut |
175 |
|
|
Delaware |
32 |
|
|
D.C. |
|
|
|
Florida |
888 |
499 |
56.2% |
Georgia |
842 |
387 |
46.0% |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
Idaho |
|
|
|
Illinois |
917 |
|
|
Indiana |
|
|
|
Iowa |
|
|
|
Kansas |
|
|
|
Kentucky |
367 |
|
|
Louisiana |
|
|
|
Maine |
145 |
|
|
Maryland |
603 |
227 |
37.6% |
Massachusetts |
601 |
|
|
Michigan |
|
|
|
Minnesota |
371 |
|
|
Mississippi |
146 |
|
|
Missouri |
855 |
418 |
48.9% |
Montana |
|
|
|
Nebraska |
|
|
|
Nevada |
|
|
|
New Hampshire |
9 |
|
|
New Jersey |
367 |
|
|
New Mexico |
98 |
66 |
67.3% |
New York |
1,899 |
1,722 |
90.7% |
North Carolina |
430 |
|
|
North Dakota |
|
|
|
Ohio |
|
|
|
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
Oregon |
|
|
|
Pennsylvania |
1,101 |
1,101 |
100.0% |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
|
Rhode Island |
208 |
|
|
South Carolina |
706 |
|
|
South Dakota |
218 |
108 |
49.5% |
Tennessee |
587 |
|
|
Texas |
553 |
|
|
Utah |
68 |
47 |
69.1% |
Vermont |
31 |
28 |
90.3% |
Virginia |
418 |
211 |
50.5% |
Washington |
1,082 |
|
|
West Virginia |
|
|
|
Wisconsin |
182 |
116 |
63.7% |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
Reporting States Total |
16,040 |
5,993 |
64.1% |
Number of Reporting States |
32 |
16 |
|
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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