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• Adoption refers to the permanent transfer of legal rights and responsibilities for a minor from one person or group of people to another.Child Welfare Information Gateway: Adoption Overview

• Fast Facts

  1. Governed by State law in accordance with federal legislation in the U.S.Child Welfare Information Gateway: Adoption Overview
  2. There are approximately 1.5 million adopted children in the U.S.The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute: Overview of Adoption in the United States
  3. International adoption refers to adopting a child from outside the U.S.
  4. Foster children who are not intended to be reunited with their birth parents may be put up for adoption
  5. There are approximately 1.5 million adopted children in the U.S.The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute: Overview of Adoption in the United States
  6. 80% of adopters are infertile or biologically unable to have childrenThe Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute: Overview of Adoption in the United States
  7. Internationally, 46% of children are less than one year oldThe Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute: [http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/FactOverview.html#head Overview of Adoption in the United States}

• Types of Adoption

  Most adoptions are designated as either public (agency) or private (independent) adoptions. Public adoptions involve a licensed adoption agency or the local state agency. Private adoptions consist of an adoption agreement between two parties which may or may not involve an agency or other intermediaries such as an attorney or facilitator.Adopting.org: Learn About the Types of Adoption

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