Hi Shanz,
I know here in NJ in fost/adopt we won't get a child who is free to adopt. What happens is that we'll foster a child who will most likely be adoptable. While we're fostering parental rights will be terminated. NJ has a schedule, can't remember the name of it, but anyway the child should be adoptable and have a TPR by the 12th month. Usually the CW can tell you if it looks like it'll be a TPR situation. Our main goal of fostering is to adopt too.
I can't believe Arizona is so far behind. Dept of Youth and Family Services in NJ is improoving as it's under a ton of scrutiny right now with the press it's been getting. So they're managing to stay on top of things. We won't be using child care as I stay at home. DH believes that women should stay at home so as soon as we got married I began to stay at home and try to get pregnant (didn't work). So I've been at home for over two years so we won't be using childcare. I have heard that it can be difficult to find openings for DYFS children (each daycare center only has so many openings for state children and you have to use an approved center).
LeenaB