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• Adoption Options - Factsheet for Families

  Child Welfare Information Gateway National Foster Care & Adoption Directory offers State-by-State listings of public officials, public and licensed private adoption agencies, and support groups for adoptive parents or people searching for birth relatives. This factsheet focuses on one way to think about how choices in adoption may flow from one another.

• Adoption Options - Factsheet for Families

  Child Welfare Information Gateway National Foster Care & Adoption Directory offers State-by-State listings of public officials, public and licensed private adoption agencies, and support groups for adoptive parents or people searching for birth relatives. This factsheet focuses on one way to think about how choices in adoption may flow from one another.

• How Many People Are Seeking to Adopt?

  While most Americans favor adoption, relatively few have taken concrete steps toward adopting a child, and fewer still have actually adopted a child. This factsheet examines some of the more recent statistics and trends regarding American adults who seek to adopt an infant or child.

• Number of Children Adopted in 2000 and 2001

  The purpose of this report is to estimate the number of children adopted in each of the States for 2000 and 2001 and to use these numbers to estimate the composition and trends of all adoptions in the United States.

• Voluntary Relinquishment for Adoption

  Voluntary placement of children for adoption is relatively rare in the United States. This paper examines some of the more recent statistics and trends regarding the relinquishment of children by birth mothers.