08.29.08 More Foster Kids in Fla. Are Getting Adopted
From the Miami Herald.
"Florida child-welfare administrators set a new state record for the number of children adopted from foster care in the past budget year at a time when dwindling state revenues have threatened to derail a program that helps subsidize families wishing to adopt children with special needs.
"Department of Children & Families administrators oversaw the adoption of 3,674 children during the budget year that ended Thursday, the agency said at a Thursday morning news conference. The previous state record occurred in 2004, when 3,389 children were adopted from state care..."
