US EditionAdopter shortage continues to grow leaving more children facing long waits to be placed, figures show
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Adopter shortage continues to grow leaving more children facing long waits to be placed, figures show
The shortage of adopters in England has continued to grow leaving more children facing long waits to be placed, official figures have shown. There was a shortfall of 750 adopter families as of March 2025, an almost threefold increase in a year, according to the latest cut of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Quarterly Data Collection. Over the same period, the number of children with a placement order (PO) waiting to be placed grew by 13%, w…
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