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“Wherever we are, as long as it’s together, we’re home.”
There is a pressing need for safe and caring foster homes that can keep siblings together in Arkansas. Nationally, it is estimated that 65 -85% of children who enter foster care have siblings, but 53%-80% of them are separated from at least one.
Keeping siblings together can make a significant difference in these children’s lives, who are already experiencing challenging circumstances. Here are five compelling reasons to consider fostering siblings:
1. Keep Family Bonds Intact:
Fostering siblings allows them to stay together during a challenging time, preserving their strongest family connections.
2. Emotional Support:
Siblings can provide each other with emotional stability, helping them cope better with the transition into foster care. Siblings can often talk to each other and relate while experiencing challenging circumstances.
3. Minimize Trauma:
Separating siblings can intensify the trauma of entering foster care, amplifying feelings of loss and insecurity. By fostering siblings together, you help alleviate this emotional strain, providing them with the comfort and support of their shared bond during a challenging time. Keeping them together fosters a sense of security, allowing them to navigate this transition with a little more strength and hope.
4. Long Term Impact:
Sibling relationships last a lifetime, and by fostering them together, you help strengthen their bonds and enrich their future connections.
5. Sense of Normalcy:
Fostering siblings creates a greater sense of stability for children, helping them adapt more easily to their new surroundings.
Interested in learning more?
We are so thrilled you’re thinking about helping vulnerable children in Arkansas! We know you might have questions or concerns and Every Child Arkansas will be here to walk with you through this journey. You can begin by telling us about you and what opportunities you’re interested in and we’ll follow up to answer questions and talk about what’s next.