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This image shows part of the user guide for Adoption-Share's Family-Match software in Florida, Georgia and Virginia dated April 2023. An Associated Press investigation found that Adoption-Share's tool – among the few adoption algorithms on the market in 2023 – has produced limited results in the states where it has been used, according to the organization’s self-reported data that AP obtained through public records requests from state and local agencies. (AP Photo)

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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, Adoption-Share founder and CEO Thea Ramirez, center, Miss Utah USA 2013 Marissa Powell, center right, and fellow adoption supporters ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Aug. 20, 2013. An Associated Press investigation found that Adoption-Share’s tool known as Family-Match – among the few adoption algorithms on the market in 2023 – has produced limited results in the states where it has been used, according to the organization’s self-reported data that AP obtained through public records requests from state and local agencies. (NYSE via AP)

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