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Adopting Sibling Groups
Many of the children in foster care waiting for adoption are members of sibling groups. Child welfare professionals recognize the importance of sibling bonds and often try to identify adoptive families that will keep brothers and sisters together. Resources include State and local examples.
Sibling Bonds And Separations (PDF - 77 KB)
The Center for Adoption Support and Education, Inc. (2002)
Challenges facing children with siblings in foster and adoptive placements and how to help children cope with separation from siblings.
Sibling Placement (PDF - 82 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Adoption (2002)
Outlines emerging practices to help sibling groups maintain connections to each other.
Sibling Placement in Foster Care and Adoption: An Overview of International Research
Hegar
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(7), 2005
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Reviews 17 studies from several countries that address definitions and descriptions of sibling groups in care, characteristics of children placed together or separately, and outcomes of sibling placements.
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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Describes a demonstration project to preserve sibling relationships and increase the number of siblings placed in the same foster or adoptive home.