Regional Youth and Foster Care Agencies Develop Siblings Bill of Rights

Regional Youth and Foster Care Agencies Develop Siblings Bill of Rights - Free Press Online - Rockland, ME:

The New England Youth Coalition (NEYC), representing youth in foster care, has joined with the New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors (NEACWCD) to create a regional Siblings Bill of Rights, intended to preserve sibling relationships between children under the care of New England child welfare agencies. Maine held its bill signing on June 19 at the University of Maine during its annual conference for teens in foster care. Maine's Youth Leadership Advisory Team (YLAT), made up of youth currently in state care, participated in the bill's development.