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Sibling Groups in Out-of-Home Care
Resources and information about serving children who are members of sibling groups in out-of-home care, including information about placing siblings together and visitation among siblings. Includes State and local examples.
Policies on Placing Siblings in Out of Home Care (PDF - 112 KB)
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning (2005)
States policies regarding the placement of siblings in temporary out-of-home care.
Proceedings of the National Leadership Symposium on Siblings in Out-of-Home Care
Casey Family Programs (2002)
Discusses better ways to address the needs of siblings in out-of-home care.
Separation From Siblings: Associations With Placement Adaptation and Outcomes Among Adolescents in Long-Term Foster Care
Leathers
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(7), 2005
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Telephone interviews with the caseworkers and foster parents of 197 young adolescents in long-term, traditional family foster care.
Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
This bulletin explores research, intervention strategies, and resources to assist professionals in preserving connections among siblings placed in foster care. The importance and benefits of placing siblings together is discussed, and strategies are offered for addressing the barriers that often keep siblings apart. Ways to maintain sibling connections among siblings living in different homes are also described. A final section provides articles, curricula, sample State policies, and more resources to help professionals.
Siblings
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Website includes sample curriculum, information packet, and other resources for siblings in out-of-home care.
Siblings in Out-of-Home Care (PDF - 310 KB)
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning (2005)
Summaries of issues, legislation, statistics, research evidence, model programs, and relevant websites and literature.
Siblings in Out-of-Home Care: An Overview (PDF - 134 KB)
Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support (2003)
Describes the background of a Casey Family Programs project developed to examine the experiences of children in care who are separated from siblings.
Siblings and Out-of-Home Placement: Best Practices
Groza, Maschmeier, Jamison, & Piccola
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 84(4), 2003
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Research and practice experience from projects and cases in both public child welfare agencies and private adoption agencies.
Sibling Placements in Longitudinal Perspective
Wulczyn & Zimmerman
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(7), 2005
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Uses longitudinal data to describe the placement experiences of sibling groups.
Sibling Relationship in Out-of-Home Care Literature Review (PDF - 140 KB)
Children and Family Research Center (2002)
Examines studies on sibling separation patterns and factors, differences between children placed with siblings and children placed apart, foster mothers' and caseworkers' views on sibling placement, and the influence of sibling placement on child functioning.
Youth Leadership Advisory Team Position Paper: Siblings in Foster Care and Adoption
Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service (2002)
Emphasizes the importance of sibling relationships to the emotional well-being of children in care and advocates for the joint placement of brothers and sisters as standard practice.
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State and local examples
Keeping Siblings Connected: A White Paper on Siblings in Foster Care and Adoptive Placements in New York State (PDF – 247 KB)
New York Office of Children and Family Services (2007)
Provides social services districts and voluntary authorized agencies with a framework for practice to strengthen sibling bonds for children placed in foster care or adoptive placement.
The Sisters and Brothers Together Project
Northeast Ohio Adoption Services (2001)
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The private, nonprofit adoption agency worked to identify obstacles to the group placement of siblings and implement policies that would promote sibling placements.
Using Administrative Child Welfare Data to Identify Sibling Groups
Center for Social Services Research
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(7), 2005
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Examines a cross-section of children in the California foster care system, comparing four different sibling classification schemes to determine how well each method identifies siblings and discusses how each strategy might apply to meeting legislative mandates for placing siblings together.
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