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The Outcomes of Children Exiting Foster Care During FY 2000 Outcomes Percent of Total Number Reunify with Parents or Primary Caregivers 57% 157,712 Living with Other Relatives 10% 26,291 Adoption 17% 46,581 Emancipation 7% 19,895 Guardianship 4% 10,341 Transfer to Another Agency 3% 7,726 Runaway 2% 5,865 Death of Child 0% 589 Deaths are due to medical conditions, accidents, and homicide. 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 Using data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Children may reserve more than one race designation, beginning in FY 2000. 44
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 On September 30, 2000, 131,000 children had a goal of adoption, and/or their parental rights had been terminated, but they were still waiting in foster care. The Race and Ethnicity of Children Waiting in FY 2000 Race and Ethnicity Percent of Total Number Non-Hispanic 2% 2,306 Asian, Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic 1% 1,119 Black Non-Hispanic 43% 56,195 Hispanic 13% 17,441 White Non-Hispanic 34% 45,130 Unable to determine 5% 6,612 Two or more races Non-Hispanic 2% 2,197 Using data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Children may reserve more than one race designation, beginning in FY 2000. 45
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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 52 and 53: The Race and Ethnicity of Children
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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