STATISTICAL REPORT as of January 2021

 
1. Domestic Adoption

1. 1. • ISSUED CERTIFICATION DECLARING A CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

(CY 2009-January 2021)

Type of Placement	Year Issued CDCLAA													Total
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Regular	40	520	412	405	569	468	435	524	414	269	277	246	20	4,599
Direct Entrustment	17	225	281	359	372	361	222	264	303	263	249	234	8	3,158
Foster-Adopt	7	30	13	23	33	33	30	33	34	32	26	8		302
Total	64***	775**	706	787	974	862	687	821	751	564	552	488	28	8,059

***One (1) case issued with CDCLAA in 2009 was cancelled/amended.
**Four (4) cases Issued with CDCLAA in 2010 were cancelled/amended.

1. 1. • CHILDREN PLACED-OUT FOR DOMESTIC ADOPTION (CY 2009-January 2021)

Type of Placement	Year Issued PAPA/ACA													Total
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Regular	–	51	56	62	85	69	107	97	101	107	100	86	3	921
Direct Entrustment	1	9	16	24	51	149	198	221	235	234	198	206		1,542
Foster-Adopt	–	6	10	5	13	19	42	31	33	38	26	10		233
Total	1	65	81	91	147	233	485	366	360	396	324	302	3	2,696

Note:        
Regular Placement – Child/ren under the care of Government and Non-Government Residential Care Facilities or Agencies.
Direct Entrustment – 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.
Foster-Adopt – Child/ren placed under foster care whose foster parents later on, signified interest to adopt the child and applied for adoption.

1. 1. • NUMBER OF LOCAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS DEVELOPED (CY 2010-January 2021)

Type of Application	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Grand Total
Regular	66	66	52	69	50	64	101	92	113	147	113	3	933
Independent/ Direct Placement	21	26	24	65	157	165	223	220	248	211	202		1,562
Foster-Adopt	3	22	16	25	51	39	54	53	46	32	20		361
TOTAL	90	114	92	159	258	351	396	387	407	390	335	3	2,856

 
2. Foster Care

 

• Children under Foster Care

2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
559	774	1,291	1,707	1,307	1,729	1,469	1,365	1,268	1,256

 

• Number of Licensed Foster Parents

2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
551	766	1,133	1,116	1,097	1,498	1,320	1,314	1,282	1,270

 

3. Inter-country Adoption

 

• CHILDREN CLEARED FOR INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION (CY 2009-January 2021)

Type of Placement	Issued with ICA Clearance per Year													Total
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Regular Adoption	428	408	384	368	447	415	270	370	276	206	166	166	8	3,904
Direct Entrustment/ Foster-Adopt	3	13	23	30	30	24	21	15	30	16	49	40	7	294
Relative Adoption					1	1	67	35	45	56	12	3		220
Total	431	421	407	394	476	438	357	418	342	277	227	209	15	4,418

 

• CHILDREN MATCHED FOR INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION (CY 2009-2019)

Type of Placement	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	TOTAL
Regular	284	259	260	250	327	300	187	222	67	79	49	2,284
Relative	86	75	66	44	65	66	33	43	10	10	5	503
SNC/SHF	106	109	93	85	96	100	113	89	61	5	4	861
IP	16	19	14	21	31	22	19	17	5		2	166
TOTAL	492	462	433	400	519	488	352	371	143	89	60

*Source: Intercountry Adoption Board (ICAB)
*2018-2020 based on Central Office Data