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According to Sykes, it is difficult to find permanent homes for children with special needs since many potential parents who apply to Virginia agencies are not interested in these children.
On a regional basis, there are 142 children waiting in Tidewater with 150 adoptive homes approved; in Northern Virginia 69 children with 229 homes approved; in Richmond 129 children with 202 homes approved; in Roanoke 74 children with 128 homes approved; in the Valley 36 children with 89 homes approved; in the Southwest 45 children with 110 homes approved; in Lynchburg, there are 58 children with 82 homes approved.
The Virginia Department of Welfare is making a concerted appeal to find adoptive homes for these special children through the use of public service announcements on radio and television stations and utilization of the Welfare Department’s Adoption Resource Exchange (AREVA), a multiple listing of children available for adoption in Virginia.
AREVA has often proved useful in matching up a special child in one part of the state with a suitable home in another area.
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