This study presents data from two samples from the Texas Adoption Project. The main sample consists of 300 families who adopted a child from a Texas home for unwed mothers between 1963 and 1971. Included are ability and personality data from the adoptees and other children in the families, from the adoptive mothers and fathers, and from many of the birth mothers of the adopted children. The data include an initial study in the late 1970s, a ten-year follow-up of the children in the late 1980s, interviews with the parents in about half the adoptive families between 1997 and 2002, and a short mail questionnaire in 2002-2005 focused on life outcomes. The second sample consists of 220 families who adopted a child from the same institution prior to 1966. The data are comprised of item responses and scale scores from two personality inventories completed by mail in 1980 by 215 fathers, 219 mothers, 302 adopted children, and 63 biological children of the adoptive parents. The inventories were The California Psychological Inventory and the Thurstone Temperament Schedule. For depositor requirements for access to restricted data, click on 'other information' tab at the bottom of this page.

This chart counts the number of children in DFPS custody on August 31 of the fiscal year who meet all of the following criteria: (1) a court has terminated all parental rights; (2) the child has a plan of adoption; and (3) the child is not in an adoptive placement. The count includes both children who are in an intended to be permanent home and children who are not in an intended to be permanent home. Use the filter to isolate these counts. Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. An adoptive placement occurs when the child's caseworker, the family's case manager, and the adoptive family sign paperwork officially placing the child in the home for adoption. Before the paperwork can be signed, a child must be free for adoption (meaning a court has terminated parental rights), have a permanency goal of adoption and the family must have been approved for adoption through a licensed child placing agency.

This chart counts children who exited DFPS custody to adoption during the fiscal year. To be adopted, a court must have terminated parental rights, the child must have lived with the adoptive family for at least 6 months, the family must have been approved for adoption through a licensed child placing agency and a court must have ordered legal custody to the adoptive parents.

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This chart counts the number of unique children in DFPS custody who lived in an adoptive placement at some point during the fiscal year and the total number of adoptive placements during the year. Children can have more than one adoptive placement. This chart includes children in DFPS custody for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through Permanent Managing Conservatorship.

An adoptive placement occurs when the child's caseworker, the family's case manager, and the adoptive family sign paperwork officially placing the child in the home for adoption. Before the paperwork can be signed, a child must be free for adoption (meaning a court has terminated parental rights), have a permanency goal of adoption and the family must have been approved for adoption through a licensed child placing agency.

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In the fiscal year of 2021, about 156 children from other countries were adopted by American families living in California, the highest of any U.S. state. Texas, Illinois, Virginia, and Florida rounded out the top five states for intercountry adoptions in that year.

Reflects children who receive an adoption subsidy that is paid through either federal or state funds. Subsidy includes financial payments only, not medical and non-recurring subsidies.

This dashboard includes those Foster and Adoptive homes that were screened and approved for child care through DFPS. Most of the FADs in the state are screened and approved for adoption through a private licensed child placing agency. Adoptive home – A home which has been screened and approved for adoption through DFPS. The Adoptive Home counts do not include homes open only for receipt of adoption subsidy. Foster-adoptive home – A home that has been approved to provide 24-hour residential care for a child, in accordance with Chapter 42 of the Human Resources Code and related regulations and that has been screened and approved have been approved for adoption through DFPS. Foster home – A home that has been approved to provide 24-hour residential care for a child, in accordance with Chapter 42 of the Human Resources Code and related regulation. Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis.

This chart counts the number of unique children in DFPS custody who lived in an adoptive placement at some point during the fiscal year. Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. An adoptive placement occurs when the child's caseworker, the family's case manager, and the adoptive family sign paperwork officially placing the child in the home for adoption. Before the paperwork can be signed, a child must be free for adoption (meaning a court has terminated parental rights), have a permanency goal of adoption and the family must have been approved for adoption through a licensed child placing agency.

Children may have more than one disabling condition.

This chart gives the count of each child with each disabling condition.

Drug/Alcohol disabling condition can either be due to self-abuse or exposure to an individual with the condition.

Other includes teen parent or pregnant teen.

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In 2022, around 18,144 children in California who were the victims of child abuse were in foster care, the most out of any state. Florida, Texas, Illinois, and Indiana rounded out the five leading states for children in foster care in that year.

Animal Center Outcomes from Oct, 1st 2013 to present. Outcomes represent the status of animals as they leave the Animal Center. All animals receive a unique Animal ID during intake. Annually over 90% of animals entering the center, are adopted, transferred to rescue or returned to their owners. The Outcomes data set reflects that Austin, TX. is the largest "No Kill" city in the country.

This data set replaces all previous Animal Center Outcomes data sets.

For children who cannot reunify and for whom adoption has been ruled out, the Permanency Care Assistance (PCA) Program provides a monthly subsidy to relatives and fictive kin that take legal custody as a permanent managing conservator and have been a verified foster care provider for the child for at least 6 months. The PCA subsidy is similar to an adoption subsidy. Does not include non-recurring payments. Note: The Permanency Care Assistance program began in Fiscal Year 2011.

Animal Center Intakes from Oct, 1st 2013 to present. Intakes represent the status of animals as they arrive at the Animal Center. All animals receive a unique Animal ID during intake. Annually over 90% of animals entering the center, are adopted, transferred to rescue or returned to their owners.

As of 2023, roughly five percent of single-unit housing in the United States was equipped with solar panels. The market penetration of residential solar is projected to increase in the next years, reaching some 18 percent by 2032. This translates to roughly 16.8 million U.S. homes powered by solar in that year. The landscape of residential solar in the U.S. In 2023, the residential solar PV capacity in the U.S. grew to more than 36 gigawatts, which represents roughly 20 percent of the total solar installations in the country. California, Arizona, and Texas are the states with the highest number of residential solar systems. As of end of 2022, California had roughly 1.7 million homes with a solar PV system installed. The state is the leading solar market in the United States. U.S. commercial solar systems The commercial solar market, comprised of on-site installations for businesses, governments, and non-profits, has also grown significantly in the last years. In 2023, the installed solar PV commercial capacity reached almost 19 gigawatts in the United States. The cost of commercial solar systems in the U.S. is roughly half of that of residential solar, amounting to some 1.62 U.S. dollars per watt installed.

Whenever CPS removes a child from his or her home and places the child in substitute care, staff must engage in permanency planning on behalf of the child to ensure that the child can return the child’s family if and when this can be accomplished or be placed permanently with an alternative family, preferably a kinship family, as soon as possible. Federal and state law provide only four acceptable permanency goals: Family Reunification, Adoption, Permanent Managing Conservatorship to a relative or suitable individual or Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement. These counts do not reflect all children in DFPS Legal Responsibility on August 31, only those with a permanency goal.