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Lutheran Adoption Service

This program is a joint venture with Wellspring and is the state’s reduce permanency time frames to achieve greater efficiency. Child and Family
largest private agency handling adoptions of children from the Throughout 2017, 942 children were available for adoption. Lu-
child welfare system. Outcomes are derived from contract perfor- theran Adoption Service worked with 315 families to find perma-
mance objectives set by the state; however, we continue to nent homes for these children.

Program

Outcomes LAS Program Outcomes Target 2017
415 Rate of disrupted adoptions. 50% 53%
Adoptions finalized within
8 months of termination.
<5%
0%

Adoptions Year-to-date Children achieved finalization
of adoption within 24 months.* 36% 39%

Annually sustain 415
or increase total adoptions.

In 2017, adoptions took longer than eight months to finalize because an additional piece was added to the legal process, which has
been holding up some of the cases.

Satisfaction 5

Surveys 4 4.8

Target Score: 4.0 or higher 3 2017
Based on Adoptive Parent Survey. 2 YTD

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