North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 131D. Inspection and Licensing of Facilities § 131D-10.2C. Allowable number of children in family foster home

(1) If written documentation is submitted to the licensing authority for family foster care that siblings will be placed together and the foster home complies with all other licensure requirements.  The out-of-home family services agreement for each sibling shall specify that siblings will be placed together and shall also address the foster parents' skill, stamina, and ability to care for the children.

(2) A family foster home that would otherwise qualify for family foster home licensure or placement of one child or siblings in foster care, but does not qualify solely due to the presence five children in the home, shall be eligible for licensure as a family foster home or placement of a child or siblings in foster care.  Written documentation must be submitted to the licensing authority that siblings will be placed together to allow more than five children to be placed in the foster home under this section.  The out-of-home family services agreement for each sibling shall specify that siblings will be placed together.  Any family foster home qualifying for placement of more than five children under this section shall meet all other licensure requirements.