711
Children were placed with U.S. adoptive families
661
Children placed with adoptive families in their birth country
156
Waiting Children were placed with adoptive families (children who are older, have medical conditions, or are part of a sibling group)5157
Children helped to have permanent, loving families through adoption and birth family preservation36,335
Children were served through all programs of Holt
41,642
Children were placed by Holt with U.S. adoptive families from 1956-2009
*And last year, one of those children was placed with our family!
Interesting numbers:) Here is one more: 48 children were adopted to Norway in 2009!!! Not quite on the scale as the USA, but each child equally loved:)
ReplyDeleteThat's fantastic Liz! :)
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