STATISTICAL REPORT ON DOMESTIC AND INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION as of August 30, 2020

1. Domestic Adoption

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

(CY 2009-August 2020)

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

1. 1. • CHILDREN PLACED-OUT FOR DOMESTIC ADOPTION (CY 2010-August 2020)

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.

1. 1. • NUMBER OF LOCAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS DEVELOPED (CY 2010-August 2020)

2. Foster Care

3. Inter-country Adoption

• CHILDREN CLEARED FOR INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION (CY 2009-August 2020)

• CHILDREN MATCHED FOR INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION (CY 2009-2018) **

*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.