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including the child if the child is 16 years of age or older and available. (r) The department shall make reasonable efforts to place siblings in the same placement if the siblings are residing in the same home when taken into the custody of the department. If siblings are not placed together after reasonable efforts have been made, the case supervisor for the division with responsibility over the custody of children shall document in the file the efforts that were made and the reason separating the siblings for placement purposes is in the best interest of the children. If it is in the best interests of the children to maintain contact, the department shall provide each sibling with contact information for the other sibling and encourage the children's caregivers to provide opportunities for contact between the siblings. In this subsection, “sibling” means two or more persons who are related by blood, adoption, or marriage as a child of one or both parents. (s) As used in (o) of this section, “compelling reason” may include circumstances in which (1) the child has specifically requested that emancipation be established; (2) a parent and child have a significant bond, but the parent is unable to care for the child because of an emotional or physical disability, and the child's foster parents have committed to raising the child to the age of majority and to facilitating visitation with the disabled parent; (t) In this section, (1) “adult family member” has the meaning given in AS 47.10.990; (2) “another planned permanent living arrangement” means a permanent living arrangement for a child who is committed to the custody of the department under AS 47.10.080(c)(1) that is an alternative to permanent placement with an adult family member, and to reunification, adoption, and legal guardianship. (3) “family friend,” as used in (e) of this section, includes, in the case of an Indian child, a member of the Indian child's tribe, a member of the tribe in which the child's biological parent is a member, and another Indian family member. Sec. 47.14.110. Department inspections; reports by foster homes and institutions. (a) A representative of the department shall visit, as often as is considered necessary, every foster home or institution in which a child is placed, and, if not satisfied as to the care given, may remove the child from the foster home or institution and place the child elsewhere. (b) The person or institution receiving a child shall submit the reports the department requires as to the education, health, and welfare of the child and the conditions under which the child is living. Sec. 47.14.112. Training and workload standards; reports to legislature. (a) The department shall implement workload standards and a training program for employees who supervise the care of children committed to the supervision or custody of the department under AS 47.10, work with families to prevent the removal of a child from the child's home under AS 47.10, or investigate reports of harm under AS 47.17. The department shall prepare a staffing report under (b) of this section if the department is unable (1) to employ the number of qualified employees necessary to ensure that