[swsoutherlands]

This is a hard issue, I think. I've always asked for TPR kids and the caseworkers always snicker a bit and tell me that's not possible. I think if you waited until you had a TPR kid you'd be waiting a long time. We've made it very, very clear that we only want to adopt and sometimes they use that against us by making it seem like the kids they want us to take are definately well on their way to TPR (even when they're not). It's not that they lie to us-- they don't-- they just tell us all the points that make it seem like TPR is certain. It's not until later that we realize all the other factors that could prevent TPR.

Right now we're not expecting our little foster son to be permanent. He's got a grandmother who's trying to get custody out of state and has a lawyer. The more we know about his situation the more we think TPR will happen, but not likely it will end up with us adopting him.
That's really hard on us, but we're adjusting.

Oh, one more thought. If you want lots of TPR kids-- go for the older ones. Most states have many kids who are over 6 that already are TPRed. It's the babies and toddlers who are tricky (at least in our state).

Hope that helps.