Many people today do not consider adoption because they do not have correct information about the adoption process. Neither public or private adoption agencies, churches or adoption professionals have been pro-active enough in educating the public about adoption. You have to have a lot of money to adopt, and you have to own or live in a house to adopt. You must be married to adopt. It costs a lot of money to adopt.
People only adopt infants and toddlers.
Adults who are physically challenged cannot adopt. In summary, many agencies will consider an adoptive applicant, married or single, with a stable lifestyle and income. They are more interested in what the family can give a child in terms of permanency, safety, nurture and understanding. The answer to the problem is both complex and simple. Many more families of all races are needed to adopt waiting children.