2013 Stats

At our “waiting families support group” meeting last week, we learned about the statistics and trends that our agency saw in 2013.  Here are the highlights:

--20 children were placed in 2013.  Of these 20, ten were boys and ten were girls.  Ten were Caucasian, six were African American, three were biracial, and one was Hispanic.  Almost all of them were infants or young toddlers.

--The majority of birthmothers in 2013 only received intermittent prenatal care.

--The most common drugs used by birthmothers in 2013 were cigarettes and marijuana.

--The number of waiting families at any given time is typically 25-30. 

--Our agency placed children with a number of long-time waiting families in 2013, and so the average wait-time of the current waiting families is just over one year.

How can you be praying for us?

--Pray that the Lord would continue to prepare us to be parents, both emotionally and practically

--Pray that the Lord would smooth over any timing and work/home transition issues when the time comes

--Pray for the birthparents of our future child, that the Lord would be surrounding them with a good support system that they can use when the time comes to place their child for adoption