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%
Read More: NEW HAMPSHIRE ADOPTION FACTS
Link here to the NH DHHS Foster Care & Adoption site.
