Posted on 09/11/2001 1:13:35 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Thirty-five states and the District increased their adoptions of children in foster care last year and will receive around $11 million in bonuses, the federal government said yesterday.
Nearly 50,000 foster children were adopted in fiscal 2000, up from 46,000 in 1999, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson told some 200 adoptive families, children and advocates at a Capitol Hill rally yesterday.
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