{"report_id":251,"form_id":"22","user_id":81,"organization_id":13,"question_id":"322","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"The surviving siblings being separated for 4 days when they initially went into placement was influenced by the fact that law enforcement (LE) put the surviving siblings on a hold, placed them in shelter care, and requested that the agency not inform the parents that the kids were going into placement. Due to this request by LE, a kinship search did not occur because of the request to not inform the parents of the placement. This particular shelter care facility does their own search for foster homes and ended up finding different foster homes, separating the surviving siblings. It is also possible that the foster homes that were found by the shelter care facility had limits of their own (i.e. number of children, gender, etc.), which may contribute to the surviving siblings needing to be separated. Additionally, when law enforcement is involved in an investigation, the agency often times takes direction from them as to not interfere with the criminal investigation, which can support the agency feeling like their hands are tied and their ability to meet certain requirements of an investigation (i.e. interviews, face-to-face contact, kinship discussions, etc.) might be delayed. Furthermore, obtaining information from law enforcement while they still have an active criminal investigation may be difficult as this information is confidential.","created_by":81,"updated_by":81,"updated_at":"5\/26\/2021 10:22:42 am","created_at":"5\/26\/2021 10:22:42 am","id":27747}