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The Lengths of Stay for the Children in Foster Care Length of Stay Percent of Total Number
The Race and Ethnicity of Children in Foster Care Race and Ethnicity Percent of Total Number Non-Hispanic 2% 10, 994 Asian, Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic 1% 5,978 Black Non-Hispanic 40% 220,660 Hispanic 15% 81,890 White Non-Hispanic 38% 208,632 Unable to determine 4% 20,280 Two or more races Non-Hispanic 1% 7,566 The Ages of Children Entering Foster Care in FY 2000 Age Percent of Total Number Under 1 year 13% 39,060 1 thru 5 years 25% 71,505 6 thru 10 years 21% 62,535 11 thru 15 years 29% 85,593 16 thru 18 years 11% 32,091 19 plus years 0% 216 Mean age: 8.6 years Median age: 8.7 years Total Number of Children Entering Foster Care in FY 2000: 291,000 41
Page 1: Finding Permanent Homes for Adoptab
Page 4 and 5: Executive Summary There are few soc
Page 6 and 7: Although federalization of a statut
Page 8 and 9: Literature Cited...................
Page 10 and 11: About the Authors Benjamin Barker -
Page 12 and 13: Recognizing that improvements have
Page 14 and 15: Similarly, large families, with thr
Page 16 and 17: SOURCE: HHS Office of the Inspector
Page 18 and 19: Chapter 2. What Are Challenges Redu
Page 20 and 21: These agreements may be entered int
Page 22 and 23: Perhaps the most valuable resource
Page 24 and 25: 4. Jurisdictional Uncertainty and I
Page 26 and 27: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction
Page 28 and 29: ules. Currently, the ICPC has no su
Page 30 and 31: Options for Reforming the ICPC With
Page 32 and 33: Funding is another advantage that a
Page 34 and 35: Conclusions: Federalizing Does Not
Page 36 and 37: esources to pull funding from perma
Page 38 and 39: ottlenecks through revised procedur
Page 40 and 41: order to gauge the best interest of
Page 42 and 43: • The numbers of children success
Page 44 and 45: Literature Cited AdoptionStatistics
Page 46: The U.S. Department of Health and H
Page 52 and 53: The Race and Ethnicity of Children
Page 54 and 55: The Outcomes of Children Exiting Fo
Page 56 and 57: The Age of Waiting Children When Re
Page 58 and 59: Appendix B. The Cost of an Adoption
Page 60 and 61: Appendix C. The Interstate Compact
Page 62 and 63: another location and custody pursua
Page 64 and 65: 14-5-104. Agreements with other par
Page 66 and 67: Sec. 202. Adoptions across State an
Page 68 and 69: (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 4
Page 70 and 71: giving priority to children for who
Page 72 and 73: TITLE II--INCENTIVES FOR PROVIDING
Page 74 and 75: `(B) with respect to any subsequent
Page 76 and 77: (ii) concerning the procedures to g
Page 78 and 79: (c) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND DURATION OF
Page 80 and 81: (A) in subsection (c), by striking
Page 82 and 83: (3) by adding at the end the follow
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