北达科他州收养改革见效：家庭评估77天缩至42天，今年已完成222起收养
北达科他州卫生与公众服务部11月2日在伯利县 Bismarck 市发布消息：11月是收养宣传月，该州2024年启动的收养服务重新设计项目持续见效。完成一次收养家庭评估的平均时间缩短45.5%，从77天降至42天；完成收养的平均时间从近16.1个月缩短到不足一年；从儿童依法可以被收养到收养完成之间的平均时间缩短50%，从29个月降至14.5个月。
该部门在2026财年没有出现收养服务等候名单。截至目前，2026年已有222起收养通过北达科他州的公共收养系统完成。目前州内寄养系统中有29名以收养为目标的儿童尚未匹配到收养家庭。
收养服务管理员 Leanne Miller 表示，11月是庆祝因收养而组成的家庭、肯定为儿童和青少年提供安全、稳定、永久家园重要意义的月份，该部门将继续在收养全程支持儿童与家庭。
（来源：北达科他州卫生与公众服务部）
North Dakota Adoption Reform Cuts Home Assessments From 77 to 42 Days; 222 Adoptions Finalized This Year
The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services said in Bismarck, Burleigh County, on November 2, during Adoption Awareness Month, that the state's adoption services redesign, launched in 2024, continues to improve timelines. The average time to complete an adoption home assessment has fallen 45.5%, from 77 days to 42 days; the average time to finalize an adoption has dropped from nearly 16.1 months to less than a year; and the average time between a child becoming legally available for adoption and finalization has fallen 50%, from 29 months to 14.5 months.
The department maintained no waitlist for adoption services in fiscal year 2026. So far in 2026, 222 adoptions have been finalized through North Dakota's public adoption system, while 29 children in foster care with a goal of adoption have not yet been matched with a family.
Leanne Miller, the department's adoption services administrator, said November is a time to celebrate families formed through adoption and the importance of safe, stable, permanent homes, and that the department will keep supporting children and families throughout the process.
(Source: North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services)
来源：北达科他州卫生与公众服务部
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图片来源：图：北达科他州议会大厦，位于 Bismarck。Quintin Soloviev 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck. By Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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