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Recruitment News
May, 2003
AFCARS: 2,833 Adoption Finalizations in Fiscal Year 2002
The official numbers are in. And while the total number of adoption
finalizations was down slightly in Fiscal Year 2002, (2,833 in FY 02 compared
to 2,927 in FY 01), the results are encouraging and reflect a continuing
commitment on the part of adoption professionals and adoptive families
to provide children safe, loving families in which to grow. In a time
of budget constraints and an ever shrinking work force in the child welfare
system, it is heartening to know that children are still achieving permanency.
The AFCARS (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System)
are compiled from data submitted on Form FIA-3154, Adoption Finalization
Report and submitted by local FIA office and private adoption agencies
as required by the federal government
Some highlights include:
FIA/Private Agency Breakdown
- Finalizations by FYI: 1,303 (46%)
- Finalizations by Private agencies: 1,530 (54%)
Age Range of Children
- 0 - 5: 1,302 (45.96%)
- 6 - 9: 724 (25.56%)
- 10 - 12: 489 (17.26%)
- 13+: 318 (11.22%)
Type of Family
- Relative: 1,053 (37.17%)
- Foster Parent: 1,530 (54.01%)
- Recruited: 250 (8.82%)
- Married: 1,848 (65.23%)
- Single Female: 923 (32.58%)
- Single Male: 62 (2.19%)
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