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I have only one thing to add about moving.
In the case of Queenie and her sibs, the older kids were very emotionally challenged. Initially 3 of them went to an aunt and the other to a friend's house. The mom became dangerous to the families, so the kids were removed to foster care. From our home, two of them went to short term psychiatric placements and then to a shelter because there were no families willing to take them. The other one went to an assessment facility and then to a therapeutic home. Because there was a bed available and it was in county, the judge in the case moved Queenie to be with her sister.
From there, the judge ordered the kids sent to a relative. The relative kept them for several months before sending one back to the shelter. He was placed with a family later. The other three came back into care a month ago. Our agency set up a home for the older 2 (on the suggestion of the placement worker) and Queenie was coming home. But, the judge in the case insisted that the 3 be placed together and in the home county.
So, sometimes, multiple moves are part of the judge's issue. The judge in this case believes that all kids from his/her county need to be fostered in that county--even if it means placing a child and then moving them when room becomes available.
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