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lt;h2>Adoption Network Law Center</h2> Adoption Network Law Center – Many children in the U.S. foster care system are available for adoption. These children may be determined to have special needs, meaning they may be older (grade school through teens); may have physical, emotional, or mental disabilities; or may be brothers and sisters who should be adopted together. Both public agencies and some private agencies place children with special needs. In addition, national, regional, and state adoption exchanges will assist in linking prospective parents with these children. ANLC Many prospective parents seek to adopt healthy infants, often of a background similar to their own. In the United States, a relatively small percentage of healthy, Caucasian infants are placed for adoption. Most Caucasian infants available for adoption are placed through adoption agencies and independent or private adoptions (adoption attorneys). African-American, Hispanic, and mixed-race infants are available for adoption both through public and private adoption agencies. The adoption of American Indian children (of all ages) by non-Indians is strictly controlled by the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act (P.L. 95-608). Fees and waiting times for infants vary tremendously, depending on the type of adoption involved and the specific circumstances of the adoption. Adoption Network Law Center Reviews Many children in other countries are available for adoption. Russia, China, Korea, India, Romania, Guatemala, Vietnam, Ukraine, Cambodia, Kazakhstan and other countries in Eastern Europe, Central America, and South America are the sending countries for most foreign-born children adopted by Americans. More than 700 U.S. private agencies place children from foreign countries for adoption, and a few countries allow families to work with attorneys rather than agencies. Children available for adoption in other countries are often living in orphanages, and in some instances, are in foster care. ANLC Review. The federal government tracks the numbers of adoptions from the U.S. foster care system, and international adoptions; however, since 1992, numbers of private agency and independent adoptions have not been formally reported. The 2000 Census, for the first time in history, included questions about adopted children in the household. Adoption Network Law Center article.