NEW HAMPSHIRE ADOPTION FACTS

NEW HAMPSHIRE ADOPTION FACTS

In
 2010, 
227 
foster 
children 
in
 New
Hampshire were
 waiting 
to 
be 
adopted

Adoption 
provides 
children 
with 
a 
lifetime
 of 
emotional
 and 
legal 
connections 
to 
a 
family .
Foster
 children

who
 cannot 
return
 home 
risk 
reaching 
adulthood 
without 
a
 permanent
 family
 of 
their 
own. 
In
 2008, 
Congress

passed 
the
 Fostering
 Connections 
to
 Success
 and
 Increasing 
Adoptions
 Act, 
which
 will 
help 
more 
children 
find
permanent
 families.
 Despite 
this
 progress, 
thousands 
of
 children—especially 
older 
children 
and
 children 
of

color—still
 wait
 for
 families.
 And
 many 
families
 who 
have 
adopted 
lack
critical 
post‐adoption
 support
 that 
is

essential 
to
 their 
children’s 
long‐term 
stability 
and 
well‐being.


A 
higher 
proportion 
of
 African 
American 
and

Hispanic
 children,
 and 
children 
of
 multiple 
races,
are
 waiting 
to 
be 
adopted 
than
 are
 adopted 
in
 New
Hampshire.

                               Children                  Children
                                Waiting                  Adopted
Caucasian                  75%                       81%
African American        5%                         1%
Multiple Races            5%                         2%
Hispanic                    13%                        10%

One may surmise, that this is the reason that several people have and/or will testify in an upcoming jury trial that DCYF worker's have been telling Mother's who are trying to keep custody, not to tell anyone that their child (that look's white and for whom they are losing custody of) "is bi-racial", for fear the Adopters won't want them.

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