Research the success in placing children in adoptive homes over the last three years for 2 states. Compare and contrast each state regarding adoptions. Include the number of children currently awaiting an adoptive family in both of those states. Provide additional information you find regarding their adoptions that may be specific for each state. Reference Definition of adoption: Adoption- social and legal process whereby the parent-child relationship is established between persons not related by birth. What this means is that a child is born to one set of parents and legally and socially becomes the child of another family. This family assumes the same rights and duties as the biological parents It is a life long process of adjustments of everyone involved in the triad. The adoptee, the biological parents and the adoptive parents. Adoption Assumptions Child has a right to grow up in a safe nurturing environment of a family If Bio family cannot provide child with needs the child has a right to a substitute family Adoption is the preferred type of substitute care Children should be placed for adoption as soon as possible to provide consistency People tend to recognize the emotional turmoil that the birth parent goes through but the adoptive parents have a myriad of issues that we will discuss in a little while Adoption Legislation Indian Child Welfare Act 1978 Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act 1980 PL96-272 Adoption and Safe Families Act 1987