Placement Limits – Relative/Fictive Kin Foster Homes are not permitted to care for

Placement Limits – Relative/Fictive Kin Foster Homes are not permitted to care for more than six (6) children, including foster, biological, and adoptive children, at any given time, in accordance with the following: 1. Relative/Fictive Kin Foster Homes may provide care for more than three (3) foster children, up to a total of six (6), only with the documented approval of MDCPS determining that the foster children can be safely maintained in the foster home. 2. No more than two (2) children in the foster home may be under the age of two (24 months) and no more than one (1) may have therapeutic needs, including the biological and/or adoptive children without prior approval of MDCPS. Notwithstanding the above, a sibling group may be placed together in the same Relative/Fictive Kin foster home in excess of these limits but only upon the written approval of MDCPS determining that the foster children can be safely maintained in the home.