{"report_id":332,"form_id":"22","user_id":71,"organization_id":13,"question_id":"355","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"LP 3-\r\nAn additional influence into the subject child being placed in shelter care versus a relative care home was the difficulty in communicating with the state of Massachusetts.  The subject child's mother also had an open case and other children in placement in Massachusetts.  Staff noted significant barriers in obtaining any information at all from their CPS system\/staff related to the subject child's mother, siblings, their placements, and any other potential relative placement options for the subject child.  \r\n\r\nFurthermore, when this case came into the agency, it was assigned an initial kinship worker whom had been working to secure a relative placement for the subject child.  This initial kinship work went out on leave and the case at the time of the critical incident was transferred to another kinship worker.  This created challenges in communication around potential relative options that had been and were explored for the subject child further impacting the ability to identify and place with a viable relative option.  Furthermore, both kinship workers had made multiple attempts with relatives and all of the relatives contacted took a substantial amount of time to respond to both kinship workers.","created_by":71,"updated_by":71,"updated_at":"6\/1\/2021 2:05:54 pm","created_at":"6\/1\/2021 2:05:54 pm","id":42942}