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Published September 17, 2009, 07:14 AM

N.D. reports more adoptions

The state Department of Human Services says it has received $80,320 from the federal government for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care.

BISMARCK (AP) — The state Department of Human Services says it has received $80,320 from the federal government for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care.

State officials said 121 children were adopted from North Dakota’s foster care system during the last federal fiscal year, compared with 113 during the previous year. They said North Dakota is among 38 states and Puerto Rico sharing in $35 million in adoption incentive awards.

The money can be used to promote adoption programs, especially those for abused and neglected children.

The Human Services Department said in a statement that about 700 licensed foster homes care for an average of 1,000 children each month in North Dakota.

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