{"report_id":27,"form_id":"18","user_id":160,"organization_id":39,"question_id":"415","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"LP #1: The court and DHS are responsible for approving sibling separations and those decisions are influenced by the federal measures of ASFA. Adherence to those measures supported the agency\u2019s decision making process regarding preference for relative placements as opposed to non-relative placement. \n\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\n\nLP #2: . 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.\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","created_by":160,"updated_by":160,"updated_at":"5\/3\/2021 11:34:37 am","created_at":"5\/3\/2021 11:34:37 am","id":3263}