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Waiting children are identified as children who have a goal of adoption and/or whose parents’ parental rights have been terminated. Children 16 years old and older whose parents’ parental rights have been terminated and who have a goal of emancipation have been excluded from the estimate.
The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) collects case-level information on all children served by the foster care system and those who have been adopted with title IV-E agency involvement. Visit AFCARS Program for more information.
Over 20,000 children age out of foster care every year without a family to call their own. For these children, every day that passes without a family of their own is an eternity. This is what compels Adopt America Network to prioritize finding permanent lifelong connections for these children.
• The 2021 US Adoption Attitudes Survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of the Dave Thomas Foundation between November 1 and 18, 2021 among 1,411 adults aged 18+ who reside in the U.S., including an oversample of 204 African Americans and 202 Hispanics.
NOTE: All races exclude children of HIspanic origin. Children of Hispanic ethnicity may be any race. ³ Waiting children are identified as children who have a goal of adoption and/or whose parents’ parental rights have been terminated. Children 16 years old and older
Fact Sheets. On any given day, over 391,000 children are living in the U.S. foster care system and the number has been rising. Over 113,000 of these children are eligible for adoption and they will wait, on average, almost three years for an adoptive family.
Utah's (America's) Kids Belong Wasatch International Adoption (There are some American Foster Care Kids, but adoptions are limited by state law, unavailable in some other states, and some are private adoptions)
