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Adoption Exhibit 41
Special Needs Status of Children In Non-Finalized Adoptive Homes,
Classified by Title IV-E Eligibility, 1991 VCIS Survey

1991 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 123 171 71.9% 7 8 87.5%
Alaska            
Arizona            
Arkansas 50 69 72.5%      
California            
Colorado            
Connecticut            
Delaware            
D.C.            
Florida            
Georgia            
Hawaii            
Idaho       4 13 30.8%
Illinois            
Indiana 138 161 85.7%      
Iowa            
Kansas            
Kentucky            
Louisiana            
Maine            
Maryland 48 115 41.7%      
Massachusetts            
Michigan            
Minnesota            
Mississippi            
Missouri 327 327 100.0% 158 158 100.0%
Montana            
Nebraska 119 144 82.6%      
Nevada            
New Hampshire            
New Jersey            
New Mexico            
New York 2,658 2,996 88.7% 2,345 2,728 86.0%
North Carolina            
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma            
Oregon            
Pennsylvania            
Puerto Rico            
Rhode Island            
South Carolina            
South Dakota            
Tennessee 388 580 66.9%      
Texas            
Utah            
Vermont 28 42 66.7% 23 32 71.9%
Virginia 14 622 2.3% 9 316 2.8%
Washington            
West Virginia            
Wisconsin 66 458 14.4% 23 221 10.4%
Wyoming            
Reporting States Total 3,959 5,685 69.6% 2,569 3,476 73.9%
Number of Reporting States 11 11 7 7    

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.