{"report_id":27,"form_id":"18","user_id":160,"organization_id":39,"question_id":"389","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"Items identified during the mapping supporting sibling separation and placement stability included a pressure to place with relatives, pressure to keep siblings together, child\u2019s need and additional pressures placed on caregiver\u2019s family.   \r\nPressure to place with relatives was supported by the courts\u2019 role in the process. The court and DHS are responsible for approving sibling separations and those decisions are influenced by the federal measures of AFSA. Adherence to those measures supports the agency\u2019s decision making process regarding preference for relative placements as opposed to non-relative placement.\r\nThe competing priorities of placement stability versus sibling separation were influenced by the pressure to keep siblings together as outlined by the Sibling Bill of Rights (M.S. 260C.008). An additional factor contributing to pressures to keep the siblings together came from the recommendations by the Guardian ad Litem, which was guided by Minnesota statute 260C.212 subd. 2\r\nWhile the family wanted to finalize adoption given their attachment to the child, their inability to meet the child\u2019s needs supported their reluctance to move forward with the adoption. Due to the child\u2019s need for permanency, an ultimatum was given by the courts for the caregivers to make a decision regarding adoption. The child\u2019s behaviors and the grandmother being placed in the role as the primary caregiver without needed breaks, placed additional pressure on the family which influenced their decision to not adopt the child. Factors that contributed to these pressures included the children needing to be homeschooled due to COVID 19 and the grandfather being out of the home due to employment. Additionally, the family was reluctant to have providers in their home in order to reduce their exposure to the COVID 19 virus.\r\nDespite the caregivers having an attachment to the older sibling, they were unable to meet his needs, prompting the necessity of an outside placement, requiring sibling separation  A year after the sibling separation, a sibling child began exhibiting similar behaviors, again posing challenges to the family to meet his needs  Due to the challenging needs of the child, the caregivers determined they were not able to meet his needs, which led to another placement disruption and the siblings being separated.","created_by":160,"updated_by":160,"updated_at":"5\/3\/2021 11:34:46 am","created_at":"5\/3\/2021 11:34:46 am","id":3288}