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The Age of Waiting Children When Removed from Parents or Caregivers Age Percent of Total Number Less than I year 27% 35,322 1 to 5 years 40% 51,874 6 to 10 years 26% 33,957 11 to 15 years 7% 9,584 16 to 18 years 0% 263 Duration Taken After Termination of Parental Rights Until Adoption for Waiting Children Duration Percent of Total Number Less than 1 month 4 % 1,903 1 to 5 months 18% 8,994 6 to 11 months 29% 14,617 12 to 17 months 20% 10,449 18 to 23 months 12% 6,224 24 to 29 months 6% 3,185 30 to 35 months 4% 1,960 3 to 4 years 5% 2,661 More than 5 years 2% 1,009 Mean duration: 16 months Median duration: 12 months 46
Adopted Children Receiving Adoption Subsidy Subsidy Percent of Total Number Yes 88% 44,986 No 12% 6,014 The Race and Ethnicity of Children Adopted for the Public Foster Care System in FY 2000 Race and Ethnicity Percent of Total Number Non-Hispanic 1% 643 Asian, Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic 1% 489 Black Non-Hispanic 39% 19,659 Hispanic 14% 7,234 White Non-Hispanic 38% 19,562 Unable to determine 5% 2,463 Two or more races Non-Hispanic 2% 951 The Ages of Children When Adopted from the Public Foster Care System in FY 2000 Age Percent of Total Number Under 1 year 2% 929 1 thru 5 years 45% 23,149 6 thru 10 years 35% 17,835 11 thru 15 years 16% 7,954 16 thru 18 years 2% 1,087 19 plus years 0% 43 Mean age: 6.9 years Median age: 6.3 years 47
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Finding Permanent Homes for Adoptab
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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 54 and 55: The Outcomes of Children Exiting Fo
Page 58 and 59: Appendix B. The Cost of an Adoption
Page 60 and 61: Appendix C. The Interstate Compact
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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
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