Adoption rates out of foster care: 2008 (2,328) / 2009 (2, 197) –Link to Title funding Hard to place: 2008: 46.4 % of children placed rec’d hard to place subsidy/53.6 received handicapped subsidy Adoptions from foster care (2,236 in 2008/2,197 in 2009) (In 2008, 46.4% of children discharged to adoption received “hard to place” subsidies/53.6% received handicapped subsidies)
It is not surprising that parent groups is listed as the number one used service because survey outreach included parent group leaders (NYSCCC has contact information for 88 foster and adoptive parent groups across the state) and they likely forwarded the survey on to their members. Additionally, parent groups, while time consuming to run, are inexpensive to organize. It should also be noted that many survey participants indicated that they (or families they have worked with) have used multiple services.
The survey did not identify different types of respite and it was clear from the comments that participants had varying needs with regard to this service. Responses were fairly consistent across the regions with the exception of Region 2 where Respite and Crisis Response were identified as needed by the most participants, and need for a Place to Call was only identified by one participant.
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