STATISTICAL REPORT ON DOMESTIC AND INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION as of August 30, 2020
- Domestic Adoption
- ISSUED CERTIFICATION DECLARING A CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION
(CY 2009-August 2020)
Case Category | Year issued CDCLAA | ||||||||||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Total | |
Abandoned | 23 | 402 | 278 | 272 | 320 | 250 | 180 | 208 | 203 | 133 | 155 | 186 | 2610 |
Surrendered* | 36 | 370 | 391 | 418 | 461 | 442 | 343 | 423 | 377 | 321 | 290 | 172 | 4044 |
Foundling/ Neglected** | 5 | 3 | 37 | 97 | 193 | 169 | 164 | 190 | 171 | 110 | 108 | 61 | 1308 |
Total | 64 | 775 | 706 | 787 | 974 | 861 | 687 | 821 | 751 | 564 | 553 | 419 | 7962 |
Note:
*Child/ren under the care of Government and Non-Government Residential Care Facilities or Agencies.
**Child/ren who were directly placed by their biological parent/s to the care of an individual or family other than their relatives without the intervention of the authorities during the time of entrustment.
***Child/ren placed under foster care whose foster parents later on, signified interest to adopt the child and applied for adoption
- CHILDREN PLACED-OUT FOR DOMESTIC ADOPTION (CY 2010-August 2020)
Type of Placement | Year Issued PAPA/CA* | |||||||||||
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Grand Total | |
Regular | 47 | 57 | 62 | 81 | 67 | 106 | 95 | 98 | 106 | 99 | 38 | 856 |
Independent Placement (IP) | 9 | 19 | 24 | 50 | 147 | 198 | 219 | 232 | 234 | 198 | 83 | 1413 |
Foster-Adopt | 6 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 26 | 5 | 227 |
Grand Total | 62 | 85 | 91 | 144 | 233 | 346 | 345 | 363 | 378 | 323 | 126 | 2496 |
Note:
The conduct of matching conference was decentralized to the Field Offices effective May 2015;
The ARRD, in the Central Office, was returned to PMB from the (then) Special Operations Office in November 2015.
- NUMBER OF LOCAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS DEVELOPED (CY 2010-August 2020)
TYPE OF APPLICATION | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Grand Total |
Regular | 66 | 66 | 52 | 69 | 50 | 64 | 101 | 92 | 113 | 147 | 55 | 875 |
Independent Placement (IP) | 21 | 26 | 24 | 65 | 157 | 165 | 223 | 220 | 248 | 212 | 99 | 1460 |
Foster-Adopt | 3 | 22 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 39 | 54 | 53 | 46 | 32 | 13 | 354 |
TOTAL | 90 | 114 | 92 | 159 | 258 | 268 | 378 | 365 | 407 | 391 | 167 | 2689 |
2. Foster Care
3. Inter-country Adoption
- CHILDREN CLEARED FOR INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION (CY 2009-August 2020)
Type of Placement | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | TOTAL |
Regular | 428 | 408 | 384 | 368 | 447 | 415 | 270 | 370 | 276 | 206 | 167 | 75 | 3814 |
Relative | 1 | 1 | 67 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 42 | 12 | 259 | ||||
IP/Foster Adopt | 3 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 238 |
TOTAL | 431 | 421 | 407 | 398 | 478 | 440 | 359 | 420 | 351 | 278 | 228 | 100 | 4311 |
- CHILDREN MATCHED FOR INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION (CY 2009-2018) **
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | TOTAL | |
Regular | 284 | 259 | 260 | 250 | 327 | 300 | 187 | 222 | 67 | 78 | 2234 | ||
Relative | 86 | 75 | 66 | 44 | 65 | 66 | 33 | 43 | 10 | 10 | 498 | ||
Special Home Finding (SHF) | 106 | 109 | 93 | 85 | 96 | 100 | 113 | 89 | 61 | 1 | 853 | ||
IP | 16 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 164 | ||
TOTAL | 492 | 462 | 433 | 400 | 519 | 488 | 352 | 371 | 143 | 89 | 3749 |
*Source: Intercountry Adoption Board (ICAB)
**Data was based on the total number of children matched for inter-country adoption, regardless of the year they were cleared for inter-country adoption.