WIBW Topeka, Wednesdays Child, Wednesday, November 30, 2022
WIBW Topeka, Wednesdays Child, Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The need is great on both the national and state levels. “In the United States there were over 100,000 kids waiting to be adopted that were at risk of aging out in 2020, but currently in Kansas there are 500 kids that are waiting to be adopted and on average most kids will wait about three years before being matched with an adoptive family.” A majority of the kids are male. In Kansas, they make up about 58 percent. As for ethnicities, it varies. “About 54% of children that are in care are White and then about 22% are African American and about 14% are biracial 6% are Hispanic and then about 2% would be Native American.” The average age of kids in care is 12, and more than half are between the ages of 11 and 15.