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Number of Children Adopted, for Years 2000-2004

This table shows the number of children adopted through public child welfare agencies during the federal fiscal year, as reported by state child welfare agencies.

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Florida 2000   In March 2000, Florida implemented changes to its legacy systems to capture some of the additional data required to meet AFCARS requirements; data entry in this structure is not yet complete for all records reported this period. Records in this submission represent a transition from reporting methods used in prior periods to those that will be used under Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System. Data are not directly comparable to any other period. 2001   Florida's data was converted from legacy systems to the Florida SACWIS in phases November 1, 2000 - September 10, 2001. Post-conversion data purification continued through February 2002. In March 2000, Florida implemented changes to its legacy systems to capture some of the additional data required to meet AFCARS requirements; these elements are reported based partially on data contained in that structure. Data purification and re-entry of cases following automated conversion seriously impacted the discharge transaction date field. The number of adoptions reported may be down in this period and inflated in the next period of reporting. The second six months of FFY2001 represents the first submission of AFCARS data from Florida's SACWIS system. 2002   Florida's data was converted from legacy systems to the Florida SACWIS in phases November 1, 2000 - September 10, 2001. Post-conversion data purification continued through February 2002. Florida's discharge transaction date was converted if present in the legacy system. Otherwise, it was populated by the actual date of discharge. Data purification and re-entry of cases following automated conversion seriously impacted the discharge transaction date field. The number of adoptions reported may be down in this period and inflated in the next period of reporting. 2003   In Florida, records are selected based on discharge transaction date during the period. Idaho 2000   State-involvement adoptions and Placed by Public Agency adoptions 2001   The adoption data for Idaho includes both public and private agency adoptions. For the private agency adoptions, they may furnish an adoption subsidy or a non-recurring payment, so that is recorded in the system, but the public agency does not handle the adoption. This may be misleading in the count. Illinois 2002   Based on AFCARS results and follow-up work conducted with the federal government related to the Child and Family Services Review, Illinois completed a rewrite of the adoption and foster care AFCARS submissions in the fall of 2004. The 2002 data contained herein is from an earlier submission. Several categorization adjustments have been made including: case plan goal, IV-E status, reason for discharge and current placement setting. Future Illinois AFCARS data will reflect the more precise categorizations. Indiana 2003   In Indiana, the 22 count difference between cases reported in adoption and placements closed with a reason of adoption is due to inappropriate data entry. Louisiana 2000   Louisiana is committed to reporting accurate child welfare data. Current projects entail utilizing technical assistance from the NCANDSproject and the National Resource Center for Information Technology in Child Welfare to re-map the programming code to produce the NCANDS and AFCARS data sets. Louisiana still operates its child welfare system from a 17 year old main frame system. Inaccuracies can result from the conversion of the data from the main frame to the AFCARS and NCANDS data sets. New Mexico 2001   New Mexico implemented a computer system in 1997 (FACTS) for tracking of adoption, foster care and child care clients and some missing data problems are still being handled. 2002   New Mexico implemented a computer system in 1997 (FACTS) for tracking of adoption, foster care and child care clients and some missing data problems are still being handled. North Carolina 2001   These data reflect children with a plan goal of Adoption in North Carolina. The children may or may not be legally free or in their identified permanent placement.

Sources:
¹ Child Welfare League of America. (2002). Special tabulation of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System. Washington, DC: Author. (Source Details...)
² Child Welfare League of America. (2003). Special tabulation of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System. Washington, DC: Author. (Source Details...)
³ Child Welfare League of America. (2004). Special tabulation of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System. Washington, DC: Author. (Source Details...)
⁴ Child Welfare League of America. (2005). Special tabulation of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System. Washington, DC: Author. (Source Details...)
⁵ Child Welfare League of America. (2006). Special tabulation of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System. Washington, DC: Author. (Source Details...)

Related Information:
Number of Public Agency Adoptions, 1999-2003
Number of Children Waiting to Be Adopted

Total Adoptions for 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, and 2001
(Flango & Flango, 1995)

*AFCARS    **Estimates     ***Number from previous year

Public Agency Adoptions as Percentage of Total Adoptions, 2000 and 2001

Note: Georgia and Maine are not included because totals are estimated. California is not included because complete data on nonpublic adoptions are not available.