CFRC: Data Center: Tables

Definition: Of all children entering substitute care and initially placed in kinship or traditional foster homes, the percentage that was placed with their siblings in their initial placement.

Denominator: The number of children entering substitute care during the fiscal year who had siblings in substitute care and were initially placed into kinship or traditional foster homes. Siblings are defined as children who belong to a common family based on the ID number of the family.

Numerator: The number of children placed in the same foster home as all of their siblings in substitute care in their initial placement.

Exclusions

Youth aged 18 and older are excluded. Age is calculated as of the date the child enters substitute care.
Children with no siblings in substitute care are excluded.
Children whose legal spell is 7 or fewer days are excluded.

A Note on Placement Type
Placement type was defined by two fields in the database: service type code and placement type code. In defining each placement type, the service type code was given priority over the placement type code. If a service type code was not present, placement type code was used to define a child’s placement type.

A Note on Legal Spell
A legal spell was defined as the period a child is in DCFS legal custody during an open child placement case. In other words, it is the time period that a child legally enters substitute care until the child legally exits care. Using a comprehensive list of court hearings regarding the child’s legal custody history, a table with records of the time (spell) during which a child is under DCFS custody was created. The legal status effective dates and the legal status code were used to determine the spell.

The data used to compute this measure come from the DCFS Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), and these data were extracted on September 30, 2025. All indicators are calculated based on the state fiscal year, which spans the 12-month period from July 1 to June 30.

A Note on Totals
The per-year totals for this measure ("ALL CHILDREN") reflect the total numbers of children with valid values for the breakdown being viewed. Since counts may be culled from records missing geographic, demographic or placement type information, totals between breakdowns may not be identical. For example, adding counts for all age groups for a given year may not produce the same result as adding races, since there may be missing races and/or ages in the population.

A Note on Small Populations
To protect privacy and ensure statistical reliability, when the applicable population is between 1 to 5, the value is displayed as "≤ 5" and the outcome data is masked. If the applicable population is zero, the value is displayed as "0" and the outcome is also masked.

A Note on Race
If the child’s ethnicity was coded as any of the following Hispanic origin, their race/ethnicity was coded as Latinx regardless of their race code: Hispanic South American, Hispanic Cuban, Hispanic Mexican, Hispanic Puerto Rican, Hispanic Spanish Descent, Hispanic Dominican, Hispanic Central American, and Hispanic Other. If the child’s ethnicity was non-Latinx and they had more than one race code, then their race/ethnicity was defined as multiracial. If the child’s ethnicity was non-Latinx and the value of the race is Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, or multiracial, it was coded as "Other." If the value of primary race was "could not be verified," "unknown," "declined to identify," or missing (null), it was treated as missing and excluded when indicators are reported by race/ethnicity.

Initial Placement with Siblings

Of all children entering substitute care and initially placed in kinship or traditional foster homes, the percentage that was placed with siblings.

Change Measure

Data extracted on September 30, 2025.

Illinois Region Sub-Region County

Cook Northern Central Southern

| All Children | Placement Type |

Central Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Central Region		Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Total Children	Placed with All Sibs	%
2019	1,080	935	86.6%	492	248	50.4%	1,572	1,183	75.3%
2020	1,104	861	78.0%	651	303	46.5%	1,755	1,164	66.3%
2021	1,147	949	82.7%	476	255	53.6%	1,623	1,204	74.2%
2022	914	729	79.8%	346	195	56.4%	1,260	924	73.3%
2023	934	718	76.9%	447	247	55.3%	1,381	965	69.9%
2024	941	713	75.8%	430	211	49.1%	1,371	924	67.4%
2025	796	515	64.7%	346	145	41.9%	1,142	660	57.8%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Central Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Central Region		Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Total Children	Placed with All Sibs	%
2019	Traditional	211	157	74.4%	94	16	17.0%	305	173	56.7%
	Kinship	869	778	89.5%	398	232	58.3%	1,267	1,010	79.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,080	935	86.6%	492	248	50.4%	1,572	1,183	75.3%
2020	Traditional	204	110	53.9%	101	6	5.9%	305	116	38.0%
	Kinship	900	751	83.4%	550	297	54.0%	1,450	1,048	72.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,104	861	78.0%	651	303	46.5%	1,755	1,164	66.3%
2021	Traditional	156	85	54.5%	49	8	16.3%	205	93	45.4%
	Kinship	991	864	87.2%	427	247	57.8%	1,418	1,111	78.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,147	949	82.7%	476	255	53.6%	1,623	1,204	74.2%
2022	Traditional	129	67	51.9%	52	0	0.0%	181	67	37.0%
	Kinship	785	662	84.3%	294	195	66.3%	1,079	857	79.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	914	729	79.8%	346	195	56.4%	1,260	924	73.3%
2023	Traditional	154	81	52.6%	29	4	13.8%	183	85	46.4%
	Kinship	780	637	81.7%	418	243	58.1%	1,198	880	73.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	934	718	76.9%	447	247	55.3%	1,381	965	69.9%
2024	Traditional	133	66	49.6%	86	13	15.1%	219	79	36.1%
	Kinship	808	647	80.1%	344	198	57.6%	1,152	845	73.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	941	713	75.8%	430	211	49.1%	1,371	924	67.4%
2025	Traditional	121	58	47.9%	50	13	26.0%	171	71	41.5%
	Kinship	675	457	67.7%	296	132	44.6%	971	589	60.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	796	515	64.7%	346	145	41.9%	1,142	660	57.8%