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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A Building Bridges Initiative Tip Sheet: Evaluating and Improving Outcomes for Youth who have Received Residential Services
This tip sheet focuses on long term, post-program youth and family functional outcome measures. A key question is whether residential services achieve long-lasting success. While there are many anecdotes about the profound changes that occur for youth served in residential programs, these personal stories are not sufficient to demonstrate the programmatic or systemic effectiveness of service efforts. Outcome measurement is essential to document how a program is achieving long term results. Link to Tip Sheet