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Adoption Statistics

Three-Year Summary | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003

Adoption Statistics: Three-Year Summary

Fiscal years 2004-2005 through 2006-2007

Placements

• OA&FS completed 42 to 49 adoptions in each of the past three years (and 40 to 60 adoptions in the three years before that).
• 12% were identified adoptions, when adoptive parents find birthparents through their own networks and bring them into the agency process.
• 24% were last-minute placements, when the birthmother contacts us for the first time from the hospital.
• Adoptive parents and birthparents agreed to an average of three visits per year.

Children

• 94% were newborn at the time of placement.
• 65% were Caucasian, 29% mixed ethnicity, 4% African American, 1% Hispanic and 1% Asian.
• 47% experienced no prenatal drug or alcohol exposure, 27% “mild” exposure, 18% “moderate” exposure and 8% “severe” exposure.

Birthparents

• Birthmothers received counseling for an average of 9 weeks prior to placement.
• Birthmothers were 15 to 43 years old, with an average age of 24. Birthfathers were 15 to 50 years old, with an average age of 27.
• The most common birthparent referral sources were Yellow Page ads, the OA&FS website, medical social workers, public health nurses, other health care professionals and Planned Parenthood.

Adoptive Parents

• Adoptive parents waited an average of 10.5 months before adopting. The longest wait was 39 months and the shortest wait was 2 weeks.
• Adoptive parents were 27 to 56 years old, with an average age of 39.
• Adoptive parents had zero pregnancy-related expenses in 43% of cases while 57% did incur pregnancy-related expenses. The total average of pregnancy-related expenses was $1,198 per placement.

Same-Sex Couples

• Thirty-one placements (23%) were with same-sex couples.
• The average wait for same-sex couples was 17 months, compared to an all-client average of 10.5 months.
• Seventy same-sex couples have adopted in the history of the agency.

Single People

• Fifteen single people have adopted in the history of the agency.

Disruptions

• 7% of mediations (three or four per year) ended in disruption, meaning birthparents changed their minds after the baby was born but before consents were taken.