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Adoption Exhibit 23
Special Needs of Children Waiting to be Adopted,
Classified By Title IV-E Eligibility, 1992 VCIS Survey

1992 Reporting States One or More Special Needs Total Children Awaiting Adoption Percent Special Needs One or More Special Needs, IV-E Eligible Total Children IV-E Eligible Percent Special Needs IV-E Eligible (2)
Alabama 270 310 87.1% 59 73 80.8%
Alaska            
Arizona            
Arkansas 122 125 97.6%      
California            
Colorado            
Connecticut            
Delaware            
D.C.            
Florida            
Georgia 296 450 65.8% 124 189 65.6%
Hawaii            
Idaho 27 45 60.0% 7 17 41.2%
Illinois            
Indiana 274 287 95.5%      
Iowa            
Kansas            
Kentucky            
Louisiana            
Maine            
Maryland            
Massachusetts            
Michigan            
Minnesota            
Mississippi            
Missouri 379 379 100.0% 274 274 100.0%
Montana            
Nebraska 77 91 84.6%      
Nevada            
New Hampshire            
New Jersey            
New Mexico            
New York 2,840 3,177 89.4% 2,528 2,922 86.5%
North Carolina            
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma            
Oregon            
Pennsylvania            
Puerto Rico            
Rhode Island            
South Carolina 683 857 79.7%      
South Dakota            
Tennessee 361 571 63.2%      
Texas            
Utah            
Vermont            
Virginia 393 423 92.9% 8 199 4.0%
Washington            
West Virginia            
Wisconsin            
Wyoming            
Reporting States Total 5,722 6,715 85.2% 3,000 3,674 64.2%
Number of Reporting States 11 11 6 6    

Source: VCIS Survey, Part II, questions 23 and 23a.

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. Percent special needs is with respect to total children waiting to be adopted.
  2. Percent special needs, IV-E eligible is with respect to total IV-E eligible children waiting to be adopted.