Sibling Connections

About this topic

Keeping siblings together in foster care should be top priority. If siblings must be separated, systems need to keep those siblings connected.

Why this matters

Siblings should not be separated.

What we can do

  • Bring separated siblings together. Train resource parents that keeping children in their care connected to their siblings is their explicit responsibility, and provide transportation stipends and alternatives to enable visits. Resource parents of separated siblings should be in regular contact.
  • Never stop looking. Continue searching for placements that can reunify a separated sibling group.