The purpose of this paper is to promote awareness to the reader about the importance of keeping siblings together while in foster care. Also, to keep the reader updated in the progress the system has made in the last couple of years to help siblings’ stay together. This paper focuses in the information found at the Child Welfare League of America’s (CWLA) website, on the article, Fostering Sibling Connections: The Sibling Bill of Rights and Grassroots Advocacy, by Nicole Thieman; this article tells the progress the system has made in the last couple of years in keeping siblings’ together while in the foster care. Also, talks about the importance in keeping the relationship between siblings in how affects the children life.
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It demonstrates how the system used to work before, if the child had a roof over their head, the job was done. This article mainly focuses in the importance in keeping siblings’ together. In March 1, 2006, “Sibling Connection Day,” the first assembly that talk about the importance in keeping siblings’ together while in foster care. It was not until March 2012 when the Sibling Bill of Rights pass, which protects children being separated from their siblings while in the foster care. It talks about the things that are being done to help promote the importance in keeping siblings together; for example, Massachusetts is creating an Alumni network for siblings and organizations like Foster Care Alumni of America and California Youth Connection. Also, Lynn Price founded ten nonprofit summer camps that helped bring together brothers and sisters who have been separated by the system. The idea was to keep connections and maintain their sibling relationship. It’s proven that children have more stable mental health if they are together with family members especially with siblings. The most important information about this article is to educate and promote the importance of siblings’
Child Welfare League …show more content…
It demonstrates how the system used to work before, if the child had a roof over their head, the job was done. This article mainly focuses in the importance in keeping siblings’ together. In March 1, 2006, “Sibling Connection Day,” the first assembly that talk about the importance in keeping siblings’ together while in foster care. It was not until March 2012 when the Sibling Bill of Rights pass, which protects children being separated from their siblings while in the foster care. It talks about the things that are being done to help promote the importance in keeping siblings together; for example, Massachusetts is creating an Alumni network for siblings and organizations like Foster Care Alumni of America and California Youth Connection. Also, Lynn Price founded ten nonprofit summer camps that helped bring together brothers and sisters who have been separated by the system. The idea was to keep connections and maintain their sibling relationship. It’s proven that children have more stable mental health if they are together with family members especially with siblings. The most important information about this article is to educate and promote the importance of siblings’