Incentivizing, or at least reimbursing, resource parents for transporting children to visits with their siblings can
How to do this
Make sure that sibling visits count for existing resource parent transportation reimbursement.
Offer higher reimbursement rates / incentive payments for sibling visits.
Offer reimbursement to all caregivers of separated siblings, not just licensed resource parents.
Anticipated costs and benefits
Costs
Benefits
Modest
More sibling visits
Who's doing this
3 of 54 states and territories have implemented this recommendation.
Oklahoma provides transportation reimbursement.
South Carolina provides sibling transportation incentives (see inspiration section).
Indiana reimburses licensed resource homes for transportation beyond 120 miles per month, including transport to sibling visits. But for unlicensed kinship caregivers, it reimburses for all miles traveled for sibling visits.