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End of the Year Placement Types

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

Data extracted on July 5, 2026.

Cook Region		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
2019	150	3.3%	2,175	47.4%	992	21.6%	954	20.8%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	100	1.9%	2,800	53.9%	999	19.2%	989	19.0%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	59	1.1%	3,007	56.8%	1,003	18.9%	941	17.8%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	62	1.2%	2,876	57.3%	990	19.7%	825	16.4%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,019
2023	53	1.1%	2,558	54.8%	880	18.9%	893	19.1%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	28	0.7%	2,183	53.4%	784	19.2%	824	20.2%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,088
2025	37	1.0%	1,955	52.4%	648	17.4%	857	23.0%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,731
2026*	40	1.2%	1,776	54.0%	541	16.4%	739	22.5%	43	1.3%	25	0.8%	127	3.9%	3,291

Cook Region		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
2019	Black (Non-Latinx)	107	3.3%	1,495	46.4%	706	21.9%	672	20.9%	8	0.2%	30	0.9%	204	6.3%	3,222
	White (Non-Latinx)	14	2.9%	235	48.3%	108	22.2%	99	20.3%	0	0.0%	7	1.4%	24	4.9%	487
	Latinx (Any Race)	24	3.2%	391	52.3%	150	20.1%	141	18.9%	2	0.3%	4	0.5%	36	4.8%	748
	Other Race	0	0.0%	38	37.6%	22	21.8%	35	34.7%	1	1.0%	1	1.0%	4	4.0%	101
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,175	47.4%	992	21.6%	954	20.8%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	Black (Non-Latinx)	72	2.0%	1,836	51.8%	710	20.0%	692	19.5%	10	0.3%	23	0.6%	199	5.6%	3,542
	White (Non-Latinx)	9	1.7%	292	55.7%	102	19.5%	92	17.6%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	24	4.6%	524
	Latinx (Any Race)	17	1.7%	607	61.7%	152	15.4%	163	16.6%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	42	4.3%	984
	Other Race	2	1.8%	47	42.3%	26	23.4%	34	30.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.8%	111
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,800	53.9%	999	19.2%	989	19.0%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	Black (Non-Latinx)	29	0.8%	1,917	54.1%	704	19.9%	668	18.9%	11	0.3%	21	0.6%	192	5.4%	3,542
	White (Non-Latinx)	11	2.0%	309	57.3%	99	18.4%	100	18.6%	2	0.4%	6	1.1%	12	2.2%	539
	Latinx (Any Race)	19	1.8%	705	65.7%	166	15.5%	145	13.5%	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	29	2.7%	1,073
	Other Race	0	0.0%	56	50.9%	27	24.5%	23	20.9%	1	0.9%	0	0.0%	3	2.7%	110
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,007	56.8%	1,003	18.9%	941	17.8%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	Black (Non-Latinx)	39	1.2%	1,861	55.0%	682	20.2%	592	17.5%	20	0.6%	23	0.7%	164	4.9%	3,381
	White (Non-Latinx)	8	1.6%	295	57.8%	111	21.8%	74	14.5%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	14	2.7%	510
	Latinx (Any Race)	13	1.3%	647	65.0%	168	16.9%	134	13.5%	0	0.0%	6	0.6%	28	2.8%	996
	Other Race	2	2.0%	55	54.5%	23	22.8%	19	18.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	2.0%	101
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,876	57.3%	990	19.7%	825	16.4%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,019
2023	Black (Non-Latinx)	27	0.9%	1,644	52.5%	596	19.0%	656	20.9%	21	0.7%	19	0.6%	171	5.5%	3,134
	White (Non-Latinx)	9	1.9%	240	51.3%	123	26.3%	67	14.3%	7	1.5%	6	1.3%	16	3.4%	468
	Latinx (Any Race)	16	1.7%	607	64.7%	137	14.6%	141	15.0%	6	0.6%	4	0.4%	27	2.9%	938
	Other Race	1	1.1%	49	52.7%	16	17.2%	20	21.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	7.5%	93
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,558	54.8%	880	18.9%	893	19.1%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	Black (Non-Latinx)	17	0.6%	1,424	51.7%	523	19.0%	593	21.5%	27	1.0%	29	1.1%	141	5.1%	2,754
	White (Non-Latinx)	7	1.8%	196	49.2%	105	26.4%	64	16.1%	8	2.0%	3	0.8%	15	3.8%	398
	Latinx (Any Race)	4	0.5%	509	61.8%	134	16.3%	141	17.1%	3	0.4%	9	1.1%	23	2.8%	823
	Other Race	0	0.0%	33	43.4%	17	22.4%	18	23.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	10.5%	76
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,183	53.4%	784	19.2%	824	20.2%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,088
2025	Black (Non-Latinx)	24	1.0%	1,259	50.4%	437	17.5%	607	24.3%	34	1.4%	21	0.8%	118	4.7%	2,500
	White (Non-Latinx)	7	2.0%	164	46.1%	81	22.8%	85	23.9%	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	12	3.4%	356
	Latinx (Any Race)	3	0.4%	476	62.8%	114	15.0%	136	17.9%	9	1.2%	1	0.1%	19	2.5%	758
	Other Race	3	3.7%	41	50.6%	9	11.1%	17	21.0%	3	3.7%	0	0.0%	8	9.9%	81
	ALL CHILDREN	37	1.0%	1,955	52.4%	648	17.4%	857	23.0%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,731
2026*	Black (Non-Latinx)	22	1.0%	1,148	52.5%	356	16.3%	517	23.6%	34	1.6%	19	0.9%	91	4.2%	2,187
	White (Non-Latinx)	3	0.9%	162	49.7%	78	23.9%	64	19.6%	5	1.5%	1	0.3%	13	4.0%	326
	Latinx (Any Race)	13	1.9%	421	62.2%	91	13.4%	128	18.9%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	17	2.5%	677
	Other Race	1	1.5%	30	45.5%	10	15.2%	18	27.3%	0	0.0%	2	3.0%	5	7.6%	66
	ALL CHILDREN	40	1.2%	1,776	54.0%	541	16.4%	739	22.5%	43	1.3%	25	0.8%	127	3.9%	3,291

Cook Region		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
2019	0 to 2	30	3.2%	474	51.0%	314	33.8%	111	11.9%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	930
	3 to 5	32	3.2%	557	55.1%	276	27.3%	134	13.3%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	7	0.7%	1,010
	6 to 11	52	3.6%	717	50.1%	267	18.7%	335	23.4%	4	0.3%	8	0.6%	47	3.3%	1,430
	12 to 17	36	2.9%	427	34.9%	135	11.0%	374	30.6%	4	0.3%	32	2.6%	215	17.6%	1,223
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,175	47.4%	992	21.6%	954	20.8%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	0 to 2	22	2.1%	626	58.6%	328	30.7%	92	8.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1,068
	3 to 5	32	2.9%	663	59.5%	241	21.6%	170	15.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	0.8%	1,115
	6 to 11	27	1.7%	854	54.5%	302	19.3%	346	22.1%	2	0.1%	5	0.3%	32	2.0%	1,568
	12 to 17	19	1.3%	657	45.4%	128	8.8%	381	26.3%	11	0.8%	23	1.6%	228	15.8%	1,447
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,800	53.9%	999	19.2%	989	19.0%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	0 to 2	11	1.0%	675	63.5%	297	27.9%	78	7.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1,063
	3 to 5	11	1.0%	685	59.9%	281	24.6%	160	14.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	0.6%	1,144
	6 to 11	17	1.0%	958	58.5%	300	18.3%	336	20.5%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	23	1.4%	1,637
	12 to 17	20	1.4%	689	47.4%	125	8.6%	367	25.3%	16	1.1%	30	2.1%	206	14.2%	1,453
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,007	56.8%	1,003	18.9%	941	17.8%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	0 to 2	11	1.2%	597	62.6%	280	29.4%	61	6.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	4	0.4%	954
	3 to 5	12	1.1%	688	60.5%	279	24.5%	156	13.7%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1,138
	6 to 11	24	1.5%	928	59.2%	297	18.9%	285	18.2%	7	0.4%	2	0.1%	25	1.6%	1,568
	12 to 17	15	1.1%	663	48.8%	134	9.9%	323	23.8%	15	1.1%	32	2.4%	177	13.0%	1,359
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,876	57.3%	990	19.7%	825	16.4%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,019
2023	0 to 2	5	0.6%	465	59.9%	222	28.6%	78	10.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	5	0.6%	776
	3 to 5	13	1.2%	625	57.8%	261	24.1%	178	16.5%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1,082
	6 to 11	17	1.1%	887	58.4%	260	17.1%	325	21.4%	7	0.5%	0	0.0%	23	1.5%	1,519
	12 to 17	18	1.4%	581	45.0%	137	10.6%	312	24.2%	23	1.8%	29	2.2%	191	14.8%	1,291
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,558	54.8%	880	18.9%	893	19.1%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	0 to 2	4	0.6%	354	54.5%	200	30.8%	87	13.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	4	0.6%	650
	3 to 5	11	1.2%	527	56.8%	219	23.6%	167	18.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	928
	6 to 11	6	0.4%	774	56.6%	232	17.0%	312	22.8%	9	0.7%	1	0.1%	34	2.5%	1,368
	12 to 17	7	0.6%	528	46.2%	133	11.6%	258	22.6%	27	2.4%	41	3.6%	148	13.0%	1,142
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,183	53.4%	784	19.2%	824	20.2%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,088
2025	0 to 2	9	1.5%	330	55.6%	166	27.9%	88	14.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	594
	3 to 5	9	1.1%	446	54.8%	190	23.3%	165	20.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	814
	6 to 11	10	0.8%	682	55.0%	184	14.8%	332	26.8%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	30	2.4%	1,240
	12 to 17	9	0.8%	497	45.9%	108	10.0%	272	25.1%	46	4.2%	27	2.5%	124	11.4%	1,083
	ALL CHILDREN	37	1.0%	1,955	52.4%	648	17.4%	857	23.0%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,731
2026*	0 to 2	6	1.1%	330	59.5%	160	28.8%	57	10.3%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	555
	3 to 5	8	1.2%	372	56.4%	137	20.8%	136	20.6%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	4	0.6%	660
	6 to 11	15	1.3%	641	56.7%	156	13.8%	286	25.3%	9	0.8%	0	0.0%	24	2.1%	1,131
	12 to 17	11	1.2%	433	45.8%	88	9.3%	260	27.5%	30	3.2%	25	2.6%	98	10.4%	945
	ALL CHILDREN	40	1.2%	1,776	54.0%	541	16.4%	739	22.5%	43	1.3%	25	0.8%	127	3.9%	3,291

Cook Region		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
2019	Female	73	3.3%	1,147	51.3%	488	21.8%	393	17.6%	4	0.2%	14	0.6%	116	5.2%	2,235
	Male	77	3.3%	1,028	43.6%	504	21.4%	561	23.8%	7	0.3%	28	1.2%	153	6.5%	2,358
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,175	47.4%	992	21.6%	954	20.8%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	Female	54	2.1%	1,440	56.2%	495	19.3%	438	17.1%	7	0.3%	9	0.4%	120	4.7%	2,563
	Male	46	1.7%	1,360	51.6%	504	19.1%	551	20.9%	6	0.2%	19	0.7%	149	5.7%	2,635
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,800	53.9%	999	19.2%	989	19.0%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	Female	37	1.4%	1,524	58.3%	510	19.5%	417	16.0%	10	0.4%	8	0.3%	107	4.1%	2,613
	Male	22	0.8%	1,483	55.3%	493	18.4%	524	19.5%	8	0.3%	24	0.9%	130	4.8%	2,684
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,007	56.8%	1,003	18.9%	941	17.8%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	Female	29	1.2%	1,458	59.9%	488	20.0%	349	14.3%	14	0.6%	11	0.5%	87	3.6%	2,436
	Male	33	1.3%	1,418	54.9%	502	19.4%	476	18.4%	10	0.4%	23	0.9%	121	4.7%	2,583
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,876	57.3%	990	19.7%	825	16.4%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,019
2023	Female	25	1.1%	1,299	56.8%	453	19.8%	392	17.1%	14	0.6%	8	0.3%	96	4.2%	2,287
	Male	28	1.2%	1,259	52.9%	427	17.9%	501	21.0%	20	0.8%	21	0.9%	125	5.2%	2,381
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,558	54.8%	880	18.9%	893	19.1%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	Female	8	0.4%	1,104	55.6%	408	20.5%	360	18.1%	14	0.7%	13	0.7%	79	4.0%	1,986
	Male	20	1.0%	1,079	51.3%	376	17.9%	464	22.1%	24	1.1%	29	1.4%	110	5.2%	2,102
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,183	53.4%	784	19.2%	824	20.2%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,088
2025	Female	17	0.9%	1,004	54.6%	339	18.4%	379	20.6%	28	1.5%	13	0.7%	60	3.3%	1,840
	Male	20	1.1%	951	50.3%	309	16.3%	478	25.3%	21	1.1%	14	0.7%	98	5.2%	1,891
	ALL CHILDREN	37	1.0%	1,955	52.4%	648	17.4%	857	23.0%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,731
2026*	Female	27	1.6%	941	56.7%	293	17.7%	320	19.3%	16	1.0%	12	0.7%	51	3.1%	1,660
	Male	13	0.8%	835	51.2%	248	15.2%	419	25.7%	27	1.7%	13	0.8%	76	4.7%	1,631
	ALL CHILDREN	40	1.2%	1,776	54.0%	541	16.4%	739	22.5%	43	1.3%	25	0.8%	127	3.9%	3,291

Cook Region		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
2019	Cook North	46	3.3%	697	49.8%	340	24.3%	243	17.3%	3	0.2%	15	1.1%	57	4.1%	1,401
	Cook Central	65	4.1%	726	45.4%	311	19.4%	397	24.8%	1	0.1%	10	0.6%	89	5.6%	1,599
	Cook South	39	2.4%	752	47.2%	341	21.4%	314	19.7%	7	0.4%	17	1.1%	123	7.7%	1,593
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,175	47.4%	992	21.6%	954	20.8%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	Cook North	44	2.8%	869	56.3%	313	20.3%	252	16.3%	2	0.1%	9	0.6%	55	3.6%	1,544
	Cook Central	28	1.6%	940	52.2%	320	17.8%	425	23.6%	3	0.2%	8	0.4%	77	4.3%	1,801
	Cook South	28	1.5%	991	53.5%	366	19.8%	312	16.8%	8	0.4%	11	0.6%	137	7.4%	1,853
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,800	53.9%	999	19.2%	989	19.0%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	Cook North	23	1.6%	893	61.5%	282	19.4%	199	13.7%	6	0.4%	7	0.5%	43	3.0%	1,453
	Cook Central	20	1.1%	1,020	54.2%	339	18.0%	419	22.3%	1	0.1%	9	0.5%	75	4.0%	1,883
	Cook South	16	0.8%	1,094	55.8%	382	19.5%	323	16.5%	11	0.6%	16	0.8%	119	6.1%	1,961
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,007	56.8%	1,003	18.9%	941	17.8%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	Cook North	11	0.8%	878	63.9%	255	18.6%	174	12.7%	6	0.4%	6	0.4%	43	3.1%	1,373
	Cook Central	31	1.7%	1,049	56.0%	355	19.0%	361	19.3%	4	0.2%	8	0.4%	64	3.4%	1,872
	Cook South	20	1.1%	949	53.5%	380	21.4%	290	16.3%	14	0.8%	20	1.1%	101	5.7%	1,774
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,876	57.3%	990	19.7%	825	16.4%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,019
2023	Cook North	13	1.0%	690	55.0%	202	16.1%	285	22.7%	13	1.0%	4	0.3%	48	3.8%	1,255
	Cook Central	24	1.3%	1,005	54.6%	357	19.4%	361	19.6%	6	0.3%	12	0.7%	74	4.0%	1,839
	Cook South	16	1.0%	863	54.8%	321	20.4%	247	15.7%	15	1.0%	13	0.8%	99	6.3%	1,574
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,558	54.8%	880	18.9%	893	19.1%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	Cook North	12	1.0%	623	53.0%	214	18.2%	256	21.8%	14	1.2%	13	1.1%	43	3.7%	1,175
	Cook Central	7	0.5%	768	53.1%	304	21.0%	285	19.7%	3	0.2%	11	0.8%	69	4.8%	1,447
	Cook South	9	0.6%	792	54.0%	266	18.1%	283	19.3%	21	1.4%	18	1.2%	77	5.3%	1,466
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,183	53.4%	784	19.2%	824	20.2%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,088
2025	Cook North	15	1.3%	582	51.3%	174	15.3%	297	26.2%	20	1.8%	4	0.4%	43	3.8%	1,135
	Cook Central	11	0.8%	708	54.0%	242	18.5%	285	21.7%	6	0.5%	13	1.0%	46	3.5%	1,311
	Cook South	11	0.9%	665	51.8%	232	18.1%	275	21.4%	23	1.8%	10	0.8%	69	5.4%	1,285
	ALL CHILDREN	37	1.0%	1,955	52.4%	648	17.4%	857	23.0%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,731
2026*	Cook North	15	1.5%	558	54.7%	144	14.1%	245	24.0%	16	1.6%	9	0.9%	34	3.3%	1,021
	Cook Central	13	1.1%	658	55.7%	196	16.6%	255	21.6%	10	0.8%	11	0.9%	38	3.2%	1,181
	Cook South	12	1.1%	560	51.4%	201	18.5%	239	21.9%	17	1.6%	5	0.5%	55	5.1%	1,089
	ALL CHILDREN	40	1.2%	1,776	54.0%	541	16.4%	739	22.5%	43	1.3%	25	0.8%	127	3.9%	3,291

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