Return to the PIE Home PageThe number of children in need of adoption in Franklin County has increased from 172 children in 1983 to 971 children in 1997 (464.5%). The number of children adopted has not kept pace with the number of children available for adoption, as demonstrated by the table below.
The overall trend for 10 of the past 15 years has been that less than half of the children available for adoption have in fact been placed in adoptive homes. Beginning in 1993, the number of children that remained unplaced was more than three times greater that the number of children placed in adoptive homes. These fiqures are a composite of several organizations that provide adoption services. The primary agency is Franklin County Children Services.
1983 84 85 86 87 88 89
Children Adopted* 172 74 136 188 237 210 161
Children Unplaced** 169 185 197 220 196 168 238
TOTALS 341 259 333 408 433 378 399
1990 91 92 93 94 95 96
Children Adopted 213 247 212 147 236 214 322
Children Unplaced 364 384 385 565 606 588 664
TOTALS 577 631 597 712 842 802 986
1997
Children Adopted 213
Children Unplaced 758
Totals 971
* Number of children adopted within the year being reported.
** Number of children remaining unplaced as of December 31 of the year being reported.
Source: For all years, Catholic Social Services, Family Counseling and Crittenton Services, Franklin County Children Services, and Lutheran Social Services. For the years 1983 - 1992, Methodist Children's Home, which terminated adoption services in 1992.
Filename: SI-024