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The Race and Ethnicity of Children Entering Foster Care in FY 2000 Race and Ethnicity Percent of Total Number Non-Hispanic 3% 7,906 Asian, Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic 2% 4,550 Black Non-Hispanic 29% 83,283 Hispanic 15% 42,480 White Non-Hispanic 47% 135,566 Unable to determine 4% 12,049 Two or more races Non-Hispanic 2% 5,166 The Ages of Children Exiting Foster Care in FY 2000 Age Percent of Total Number Under 1 year 4% 11,136 1 thru 5 years 26% 71,223 6 thru 10 years 23% 63,953 11 thru 15 years 24% 66,806 16 thru 18 years 21% 56,617 19 plus years 2% 5,265 Mean age: 10.2 years Median age: 10.2 years Total Number of Children Exiting Foster Care in FY 2000: 275,000 42
The Race and Ethnicity of Children Exiting Foster Care in FY 2000 Race and Ethnicity Percent of Total Number Non-Hispanic 2% 6,550 Asian, Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic 2% 4,426 Black Non-Hispanic 31% 84,920 Hispanic 15% 40,097 White Non-Hispanic 45% 123,021 Unable to determine 4% 11,987 Two or more races Non-Hispanic 1% 3,998 The Lengths of Stay of Children Who Exited Foster Care in FY 2000 Length of Stay Percent of Total Number
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 50 and 51: The Lengths of Stay for the Childre
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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