CFRC: Data Center: Tables

Definition: Placement types for children in substitute care at the end of the fiscal year. Placement types include home of parents (HMP), kinship foster homes, traditional foster homes, specialized foster homes, emergency shelters or emergency foster care, group homes (GRH), and institutions.

The Kinship Foster Home category includes Delegated Relative Authority (DRA) and Home of Relative (HMR). The Traditional Foster Home category includes Foster Home Boarding DCFS (FHB), Foster Home Indian (FHI), Foster Home Boarding Private Agency (FHP), and Foster Home Adoption (FHA). The Specialized Foster Home category includes Foster Home Specialized (FHS) and Foster Home Treatment (FHT). The Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Care category includes Youth Emergency Shelters (YES), Agency Foster Care/Shelter Care, Emergency Shelters Institutions, Emergency Shelters Group Homes, and Emergency Foster Care (EFC). The Institution category includes Detention Facility/Jail (DET), Institution DCFS (ICF), Institution Department of Corrections (IDC), Institution Department of Mental Health (IMH), Institution Private Child Care Facility (IPA), Institution Rehabilitation Services (IRS), and Nursing Care Facility (NCF).

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 Race
If the value of the primary race is Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, 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.

The data used to compute this measure come from two Illinois DCFS data systems: the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) and the Child and Youth Centered Information System (CYCIS). Both the SACWIS data and the CYCIS data were extracted on December 31, 2024. They were calculated based on the state fiscal year, which spans the 12-month period from July 1 to June 30.

End of the Year Placement Types

Placement types for children in substitute care at the end of the fiscal year.

Change Measure See Data in Charts

Data extracted on December 31, 2024.

Illinois Region Sub-Region County

Cook County		Placement Type
		Home of Parents		Kinship Foster Home		Traditional Foster Home		Specialized Foster Home		Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Home		Group Home		Institution		Total Children in Substitute Care at End of Year
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children in Substitute Care at End of Year
2018	130	2.7%	2,109	44.3%	1,164	24.5%	1,045	22.0%	13	0.3%	34	0.7%	261	5.5%	4,756
2019	160	3.4%	2,149	45.4%	1,066	22.5%	1,033	21.8%	11	0.2%	43	0.9%	276	5.8%	4,738
2020	85	1.6%	2,785	52.3%	1,051	19.7%	1,087	20.4%	13	0.2%	30	0.6%	277	5.2%	5,328
2021	54	1.0%	3,002	55.5%	1,053	19.5%	1,013	18.7%	17	0.3%	31	0.6%	238	4.4%	5,408
2022	47	0.9%	2,889	56.2%	1,036	20.2%	897	17.5%	24	0.5%	35	0.7%	211	4.1%	5,139
2023	49	1.0%	2,589	53.8%	929	19.3%	966	20.1%	33	0.7%	28	0.6%	216	4.5%	4,810
2024	33	0.8%	2,212	52.2%	826	19.5%	898	21.2%	35	0.8%	42	1.0%	195	4.6%	4,241
2025*	65	1.6%	2,012	51.0%	739	18.7%	878	22.3%	47	1.2%	35	0.9%	169	4.3%	3,945

End of the Year Placement Types

Note: For county-level data, if you are interested in breakdowns of race, age, and gender, please email danzap@illinois.edu.