National Network for Fostering Sibling Connections

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All too often foster youth are separated from their siblings. This year we began organizing the National Network for Fostering Sibling Connections. FosteringSiblingConnections.org. We are bringing together researchers, social workers, lawyers, lived experts, caregivers and other professionals together to share best practices and tackle needed changes in laws, policies and implementation. We'd love to get your feedback and ideas and see if you or someone you know would be interested in participating in the work. This form is also our training quiz so be sure to get credit for prizes. Please fill out this brief form so we can be in touch.

*Note we have real prizes for people who complete the quiz quickly and those with the most thoughtful answers.

Email *

What's your name?

What's the best email to reach you at?

What's the best phone number to reach you at?

Optional: What's your mailing address?

What state are you in?

Optional - What organization, if any, do you work for?

What role(s), if any, do you play in the foster care system? Check all that apply

Person with lived experience as a current or former foster youth

Person with lived experience as a current or former sibling of a current or former foster youth

Person with lived experience as a current or former foster, kinship or resource parent

Person with lived experience as a parent of a child in foster care

Judge

Attorney

CASA

Researcher

Social Worker

Administrator

Other concerned citizen, staff person, or advocate, e.g. policy advocate, GAL, parent partner, peer mentor, staff person

Potential Donor

Interested in becoming a volunteer

Education Staff - School district, college, county, state or non-profit

Other:

What ways would you like to help? Select all that apply and please feel free to share other ways you might be able to help.

Attend online meetings

Attend in person meetings (when possible)

Join a workgroup to improve practices (e.g. creating tipsheets for lawyers and social workers)

Share my personal stories around sibling connection and disconnection

Work on legislation and policies around sibling connection

Work on best practice resources on sibling connection

Connect with and hold space for other people who care about this issue

Fundraising Support (e.g. grant writing, event planning, sharing inkind donations, coordinating other funding options)

Volunteer management

Host a Training

Help with Family Finding Efforts

Webdevelopment

Social media

Reach out to people you know who might be interested in getting involved

Other:

What are some of the siblings rights barriers or challenges you've experienced or think should be addressed? Check all that apply

Siblings are not being placed together

Siblings aren't being given frequent visitation

There's not enough done to recruit and support caregivers for sibling sets

Siblings may need different services and supports and those services aren't easily accessible

The courts have other priorities in the case

Housing guidelines and restrictions prevent sibling placement

Transportation for visitation is difficult to manage

There's not enough training on sibling rights for lawyers, judges or caseworkers

Siblings aren't able to connect via phone or internet

Siblings who are not in care (e.g. over 18 or living with relatives) cannot visit sibling in care

Siblings lose contact during or after the adoption process

Share best practices or promising programs

Other:

Optional - Feel free to share a little bit about your relationship to this issue. Why is this issue important to you? What makes you interested in improving sibling connections?

Optional - Is there anything resource or support you would like to exist to support you in helping facilitate and maintain sibling connections? E.g. particular fact sheet, service, sample bench card, or order?

Optional - Do you know anyone else who might know about sibling connections we should reach out to?

Quiz Question 1 - Did you attended a training today? *

Yes

Quiz Question 2 - What's one thing your learned or will do differently after our conversation about sibling connections today?

Quiz Question 3: If you attended a legal training. Where can you learn about foster sibling rights? Check all that apply.

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

State Sibling Bills of Rights, State Dependency Codes, and Rules of Court

The National Network for Fostering Sibling Connections

The law and education project page - https://www.fosteringsiblingconnections.org/law-education-project

Where can you find OpEds about Sibling Connections? E.g. Copy/Paste our website link here.

If you attended our training today share your overall rating of today's training

Needs Improvement

Helpful/Excellent

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Final Quiz Question - What is something you appreciate or are taking away from today's training? Any other feedback feel free to share here.

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