changed to boycott separation in reception (‘Multiethnic Placement’, n.d.). The U.S senator at the time, Howard M. Metzenbaum wanted to take action on this, which he did and he succeeded. That’s when the Multi-ethnic placement act came about, no longer could people receiving federal funds deny the placement of children in foster care and adoption because of their race and how they look (‘Multiethnic Placement’ n.d.).The Multi-Ethnic Placement Act has been around since 1994, but just because this act is around does not mean that discrimination still does not go on, it still exist today all over America. It seems from the information given, before the Multi- Ethnic Placement Act was established that social workers believed that matching up children to their race was the best idea, they never thought twice about it. But on the day of October 20, 1994 President Clinton signed the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994, which includes, the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994. The Multi- Ethnic Placement Act supplemented existing legitimate principles precluding separation on the groundwork of race, color and national origin, which are the, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (‘Ensuring the Best’, n.d). The act holds two focal acquisitions, one would be that it prohibits utilization of a child or prospective parent’s race, color and national origin to deny the child’s position (‘Ensuring the Best’, n.d). Therefore, parents and children’s rights are protected. The second one ‘Requires States to provide for diligent recruitment of potential foster and adoptive families that reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of the children in care for whom homes are needed’ (‘Ensuring the Best’, n.d, p. 5) After the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act, came the Bastard Nation, it was founded in 1996. Its mission statement promoted ‘the full human and civil rights of adult adoptees, including access to sealed records’ (Herman, 2012, Timeline of Adoption History). Next in 1997 was the Adoption and Safe Families Act. ‘The purpose and the guidelines were meant to increase the number of adoptions, to encourage states to expedite permanency decisions for children in foster care, to establish performance standards and implement a physical punitive state accountability system (Zigler & Hall, 2000). It also expanded the Family Preservation and Family Support Services Program, now called Promoting Safe and Stable Families, to provide additional funding for adoption promotion and support activities and for time-limited family reunification services (Zigler & Hall, 2000). Benefits and Eligibility Benefits of the Multi-ethnic placement act serves to help everyone in the situation of the adoption process no matter your race. This can include the birthmother, birthfather, the child who is being placed for adoption as well as the adoptees (‘American Pregnancy’ 2013). Adoption helps a wide range of things, like coming to the end of a traumatic situation. Some benefits of adoption with the birthmother would be counseling and the support given to her through giving her child up for adoption (‘American P>