Slides provide detailed reasons for and benefits of placing siblings together in foster care. Includes both national and state legal requirements as well as other benefits.
Provides a Sibling Toolkit
● Component #1. Identification of All Siblings
● Component #2. Assessment of Sibling Groups
● Component #3. Decision Making Regarding Sibling Placement Together
● Component #4. Youth Voice in Sibling Placement Decision Making
● Component #5. Reasonable and Ongoing Efforts to Place Siblings Together
● Component #6. Siblings Visits and Contacts
● Component #7. Documentation
● Component #8. Sibling Placement Resources
● Component #9. The Courts
● Component #10. Training on the Importance of Preserving Sibling Connections
Link to Slides
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Neighbor to Family Sibling Foster Care Model
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare: The Neighbor To Family Sibling Foster Care Model is a child-centered, family-focused foster care model is designed to keep sibling groups, including large sibling groups, together in stable foster care placements while working intensively on reunification or permanency plans that keep the siblings together. The program uses a community-based, team-oriented approach, including foster caregivers and birth parents as part of the treatment team. Trained and supported foster caregivers are key to the model’s success. Neighbor To Neighbor professionalized this key role by placing these trained foster caregivers on the payroll with salaries and benefits. Foster families, birth families, and children receive comprehensive and intensive services including individualized case management, advocacy, and clinical services on a weekly basis. Link to Program Description