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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.

  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.