It is Adoption Month As a CASA I have had one case (out of about 8) go to adoption. The Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS to us CASAs) first priority with dependency cases (when kids go into foster care) is reunification. But after a while (children should really stay in DCS custody no longer than 18-24 months) DCS will move the case plan over to adoption as appropriate. Indeed, last year over 300 children in Arizona dependency cases got adopted. I will point out he