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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC has lots of foster parents who will take babies or young kids. LOTS AND LOTS.  The greatest need for CFSA is for people who will take gay teens, or teen moms and their babies, or sibling sets.

I love when people are all, "I want to help. I can take babies." Listen, your heart is in the right place, but EVERYONE can take babies. Call CFSA they will tell you. They NEVER have trouble placing a single baby.  But two or three siblings? Forget it, they get separated. [/quote]

DC definitely is hurting for families that can take siblinds and 12-21 year old youth. We were suprised to learn that in DC they had such a hard time finding families that are supportive of LGBTQ youth but sadly it is true.  DC places lots of kids in MD so if you are in MD that doesn't rule you out for DC foster care.  
I think one reason DC has a hard time keeping siblings together it the space and bedroom requirements. I believe it is 70 square feet per bedroom. I want to say it was 40-70 of space per child depending on the number in the room. (But I am not sure) I do know kids over 5 or 6 can not share a room with a opposite sex child. Some exceptions are made for sibling groups.  Affording a 3+ bedroom home (with reasonable sized rooms) is not cheap in DC. Many of those that can afford larger homes aren't interested in fosterling care and certainly not teens.  So, a lot of kids get split up and or sent to out to MD.

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