10 Adoption Facts That Will Surprise You // From The Adoption Journey Project [2012]

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www.AdoptionJourney.org

Harris interactive and tHe dave tHomas Foundation For adoption (2007). national Foster care adoption attitudes survey.

More than 1/3 of Americans have considered adopting, but no more than 2% have actually adopted.

considered adoption actually adopted


u.s. census Bureau

Approximately 15 million children have been orphaned due to AIDS insub-Saharan Africa — a population greater than all of New England.


WWW.Hirr.Hartsem.edu/researcH/FastFacts/Fast_Facts.Html#sizecong

If 1 family in every 3 churches in the US adopted a child, we would adopt every child in need of a family in the US.


uniceF, cHildren on tHe Brink 2004

There are more orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa than children in Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Canada, and Sweden combined.

30,000age out


WWW.pBs.org/neWsHour/BB/social_issues/jan-june05/Foster_care_5-19.Html

Approximately 30,000 children “age out” of the American fostercare system each year.



There are more orphans in the world than there are people in the UK and France combined.



For every child born in the US, two children are orphaned in Asia.


u.s. census Bureau

There are more orphans in India than in the combined populations of the top 15 cities in the US.

250,000adopted

14 millionAGE OUT


WWW.HFgF.org/statistics.pdF

Approximately 250,000 children are adopted each year, but over 14 million age out of the system.


groWing up adopted study, searcH institute, minneapolis, 1994d

mytH: I won’t love an adopted child as

much as a biological one.

trutH: Research shows 95% of

adoptive parents experience a strong attachment to their child.

WWW.adoptionjourney.org

AdoptionJourney.org is a collective of organizations who want to break down the barriers to adoption. Our goal is to foster honest conversations about the adoption process, offer comprehensive yet easily accessible information about domestic and international adoption, and connect those who’ve already

adopted with those who are thinking about it.

We are hope producers, future generators, and joy catalysts for orphans and families around the world. We are Bethany Christian Services, Lifesong for

Orphans, and Lifeline Children’s Services.

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