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Adoption Exhibit 38
Special Needs Status of Children In Non-Finalized Adoptive Homes,
Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility, 1994 VCIS Survey

1993 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 108 147 73.5% 27 40 67.5%
Alaska            
Arizona            
Arkansas 74 82 90.2% 58 64 90.6%
California            
Colorado            
Connecticut            
Delaware            
D.C. 0 11 0.0% 0 1 0.0%
Florida            
Georgia 787 1,177 66.9%      
Hawaii            
Idaho 1 3 33.3% 1 2 50.0%
Illinois            
Indiana 109 128 85.2%      
Iowa            
Kansas            
Kentucky            
Louisiana            
Maine            
Maryland 34 89 38.2%      
Massachusetts            
Michigan            
Minnesota            
Mississippi            
Missouri 438 438 100.0% 214 214 100.0%
Montana            
Nebraska 88 109 80.7%      
Nevada            
New Hampshire            
New Jersey            
New Mexico 359 378 95.0% 287 302 95.0%
New York            
North Carolina            
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma            
Oregon            
Pennsylvania            
Puerto Rico            
Rhode Island            
South Carolina            
South Dakota            
Tennessee 433 722 60.0%      
Texas            
Utah            
Vermont 9 20 45.0%      
Virginia 11 534 2.1% 5 316 1.6%
Washington            
West Virginia            
Wisconsin 20 284 7.0% 9 143 6.3%
Wyoming            
Reporting States Total 2,428 4,013 60.5% 644 1,191 54.1%
Number of Reporting States 12 12 10 10    

Source: VCIS Survey, Part II, questions 28 and 28a.

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 in non-finalized adoptive homes.
  2. Percent special needs, IV-E eligible is with respect to total IV-E eligible children in non-finalized adoptive homes.