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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 April 4, 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%	2,189	47.7%	1,002	21.8%	930	20.2%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	100	1.9%	2,806	54.0%	1,007	19.4%	975	18.8%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	59	1.1%	3,023	57.1%	1,008	19.0%	920	17.4%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	62	1.2%	2,882	57.4%	993	19.8%	815	16.2%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,018
2023	53	1.1%	2,583	55.3%	882	18.9%	866	18.6%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	28	0.7%	2,188	53.5%	788	19.3%	813	19.9%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,086
2025	38	1.0%	1,986	53.2%	648	17.4%	826	22.1%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,732
2026*	39	1.1%	1,911	55.2%	574	16.6%	734	21.2%	44	1.3%	29	0.8%	128	3.7%	3,459

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%	1,504	46.7%	712	22.1%	657	20.4%	8	0.2%	30	0.9%	204	6.3%	3,222
	White (Non-Latinx)	14	2.9%	239	49.0%	108	22.1%	96	19.7%	0	0.0%	7	1.4%	24	4.9%	488
	Latinx (Any Race)	24	3.2%	392	52.5%	152	20.3%	137	18.3%	2	0.3%	4	0.5%	36	4.8%	747
	Other Race	0	0.0%	38	37.6%	24	23.8%	33	32.7%	1	1.0%	1	1.0%	4	4.0%	101
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,189	47.7%	1,002	21.8%	930	20.2%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	Black (Non-Latinx)	72	2.0%	1,839	51.9%	715	20.2%	685	19.3%	10	0.3%	23	0.6%	199	5.6%	3,543
	White (Non-Latinx)	9	1.7%	296	56.3%	103	19.6%	89	16.9%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	24	4.6%	526
	Latinx (Any Race)	17	1.7%	606	61.7%	155	15.8%	159	16.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	42	4.3%	982
	Other Race	2	1.8%	47	42.7%	25	22.7%	34	30.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.8%	110
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,806	54.0%	1,007	19.4%	975	18.8%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	Black (Non-Latinx)	29	0.8%	1,925	54.3%	709	20.0%	656	18.5%	11	0.3%	21	0.6%	192	5.4%	3,543
	White (Non-Latinx)	11	2.0%	314	58.1%	99	18.3%	96	17.8%	2	0.4%	6	1.1%	12	2.2%	540
	Latinx (Any Race)	19	1.8%	708	66.0%	167	15.6%	140	13.1%	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	29	2.7%	1,072
	Other Race	0	0.0%	56	51.4%	26	23.9%	23	21.1%	1	0.9%	0	0.0%	3	2.8%	109
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,023	57.1%	1,008	19.0%	920	17.4%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	Black (Non-Latinx)	39	1.2%	1,861	55.0%	684	20.2%	591	17.5%	20	0.6%	23	0.7%	164	4.8%	3,382
	White (Non-Latinx)	8	1.6%	300	58.7%	111	21.7%	70	13.7%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	14	2.7%	511
	Latinx (Any Race)	13	1.3%	649	65.2%	170	17.1%	129	13.0%	0	0.0%	6	0.6%	28	2.8%	995
	Other Race	2	2.0%	55	55.0%	22	22.0%	19	19.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	2.0%	100
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,882	57.4%	993	19.8%	815	16.2%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,018
2023	Black (Non-Latinx)	27	0.9%	1,655	52.8%	597	19.0%	645	20.6%	21	0.7%	19	0.6%	171	5.5%	3,135
	White (Non-Latinx)	9	1.9%	246	52.5%	123	26.2%	62	13.2%	7	1.5%	6	1.3%	16	3.4%	469
	Latinx (Any Race)	16	1.7%	612	65.2%	138	14.7%	135	14.4%	6	0.6%	4	0.4%	27	2.9%	938
	Other Race	1	1.1%	49	53.3%	16	17.4%	19	20.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	7.6%	92
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,583	55.3%	882	18.9%	866	18.6%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	Black (Non-Latinx)	17	0.6%	1,426	51.8%	523	19.0%	590	21.4%	27	1.0%	29	1.1%	141	5.1%	2,753
	White (Non-Latinx)	7	1.8%	200	50.3%	106	26.6%	59	14.8%	8	2.0%	3	0.8%	15	3.8%	398
	Latinx (Any Race)	4	0.5%	509	61.8%	137	16.6%	138	16.8%	3	0.4%	9	1.1%	23	2.8%	823
	Other Race	0	0.0%	32	42.7%	17	22.7%	18	24.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	10.7%	75
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,188	53.5%	788	19.3%	813	19.9%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,086
2025	Black (Non-Latinx)	24	1.0%	1,278	51.1%	437	17.5%	589	23.6%	34	1.4%	21	0.8%	118	4.7%	2,501
	White (Non-Latinx)	8	2.2%	173	48.1%	83	23.1%	77	21.4%	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	12	3.3%	360
	Latinx (Any Race)	3	0.4%	478	63.4%	111	14.7%	133	17.6%	9	1.2%	1	0.1%	19	2.5%	754
	Other Race	3	3.7%	41	50.6%	10	12.3%	16	19.8%	3	3.7%	0	0.0%	8	9.9%	81
	ALL CHILDREN	38	1.0%	1,986	53.2%	648	17.4%	826	22.1%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,732
2026*	Black (Non-Latinx)	26	1.1%	1,216	53.3%	366	16.0%	520	22.8%	33	1.4%	22	1.0%	99	4.3%	2,282
	White (Non-Latinx)	4	1.1%	181	51.0%	90	25.4%	65	18.3%	6	1.7%	1	0.3%	8	2.3%	355
	Latinx (Any Race)	7	1.0%	466	64.9%	101	14.1%	121	16.9%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	16	2.2%	718
	Other Race	1	1.4%	32	45.7%	13	18.6%	17	24.3%	0	0.0%	2	2.9%	5	7.1%	70
	ALL CHILDREN	39	1.1%	1,911	55.2%	574	16.6%	734	21.2%	44	1.3%	29	0.8%	128	3.7%	3,459

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%	479	51.5%	315	33.9%	105	11.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	930
	3 to 5	32	3.2%	559	55.3%	275	27.2%	133	13.2%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	7	0.7%	1,010
	6 to 11	52	3.6%	721	50.4%	273	19.1%	325	22.7%	4	0.3%	8	0.6%	47	3.3%	1,430
	12 to 17	36	2.9%	430	35.2%	139	11.4%	367	30.0%	4	0.3%	32	2.6%	215	17.6%	1,223
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,189	47.7%	1,002	21.8%	930	20.2%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	0 to 2	22	2.1%	628	58.8%	330	30.9%	88	8.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1,068
	3 to 5	32	2.9%	665	59.6%	241	21.6%	168	15.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	0.8%	1,115
	6 to 11	27	1.7%	855	54.5%	304	19.4%	343	21.9%	2	0.1%	5	0.3%	32	2.0%	1,568
	12 to 17	19	1.3%	658	45.5%	132	9.1%	376	26.0%	11	0.8%	23	1.6%	228	15.8%	1,447
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,806	54.0%	1,007	19.4%	975	18.8%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	0 to 2	11	1.0%	676	63.6%	299	28.1%	75	7.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1,063
	3 to 5	11	1.0%	690	60.3%	281	24.6%	155	13.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	0.6%	1,144
	6 to 11	17	1.0%	962	58.8%	303	18.5%	329	20.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	23	1.4%	1,637
	12 to 17	20	1.4%	695	47.8%	125	8.6%	361	24.8%	16	1.1%	30	2.1%	206	14.2%	1,453
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,023	57.1%	1,008	19.0%	920	17.4%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	0 to 2	11	1.2%	597	62.6%	281	29.5%	60	6.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	4	0.4%	954
	3 to 5	12	1.1%	690	60.6%	280	24.6%	153	13.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1,138
	6 to 11	24	1.5%	929	59.2%	298	19.0%	283	18.0%	7	0.4%	2	0.1%	25	1.6%	1,568
	12 to 17	15	1.1%	666	49.0%	134	9.9%	319	23.5%	15	1.1%	32	2.4%	177	13.0%	1,358
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,882	57.4%	993	19.8%	815	16.2%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,018
2023	0 to 2	5	0.6%	471	60.7%	222	28.6%	72	9.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	5	0.6%	776
	3 to 5	13	1.2%	630	58.2%	262	24.2%	172	15.9%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1,082
	6 to 11	17	1.1%	895	58.9%	261	17.2%	316	20.8%	7	0.5%	0	0.0%	23	1.5%	1,519
	12 to 17	18	1.4%	587	45.5%	137	10.6%	306	23.7%	23	1.8%	29	2.2%	191	14.8%	1,291
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,583	55.3%	882	18.9%	866	18.6%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	0 to 2	4	0.6%	355	54.6%	201	30.9%	85	13.1%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	4	0.6%	650
	3 to 5	11	1.2%	528	56.9%	220	23.7%	165	17.8%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	928
	6 to 11	6	0.4%	776	56.7%	235	17.2%	307	22.4%	9	0.7%	1	0.1%	34	2.5%	1,368
	12 to 17	7	0.6%	529	46.4%	132	11.6%	256	22.5%	27	2.4%	41	3.6%	148	13.0%	1,140
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,188	53.5%	788	19.3%	813	19.9%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,086
2025	0 to 2	9	1.5%	335	56.4%	168	28.3%	81	13.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	594
	3 to 5	9	1.1%	455	55.8%	190	23.3%	158	19.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	816
	6 to 11	10	0.8%	694	56.0%	183	14.8%	321	25.9%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	30	2.4%	1,240
	12 to 17	10	0.9%	502	46.4%	107	9.9%	266	24.6%	46	4.3%	27	2.5%	124	11.5%	1,082
	ALL CHILDREN	38	1.0%	1,986	53.2%	648	17.4%	826	22.1%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,732
2026*	0 to 2	5	0.9%	335	58.7%	167	29.2%	61	10.7%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	571
	3 to 5	8	1.1%	420	59.3%	145	20.5%	130	18.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	708
	6 to 11	13	1.1%	682	57.7%	168	14.2%	289	24.5%	5	0.4%	0	0.0%	24	2.0%	1,181
	12 to 17	13	1.3%	474	47.4%	94	9.4%	254	25.4%	35	3.5%	29	2.9%	100	10.0%	999
	ALL CHILDREN	39	1.1%	1,911	55.2%	574	16.6%	734	21.2%	44	1.3%	29	0.8%	128	3.7%	3,459

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%	1,154	51.6%	492	22.0%	382	17.1%	4	0.2%	14	0.6%	116	5.2%	2,235
	Male	77	3.3%	1,035	43.9%	510	21.6%	548	23.2%	7	0.3%	28	1.2%	153	6.5%	2,358
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,189	47.7%	1,002	21.8%	930	20.2%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	Female	54	2.1%	1,444	56.3%	499	19.5%	430	16.8%	7	0.3%	9	0.4%	120	4.7%	2,563
	Male	46	1.7%	1,362	51.7%	508	19.3%	545	20.7%	6	0.2%	19	0.7%	149	5.7%	2,635
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,806	54.0%	1,007	19.4%	975	18.8%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	Female	37	1.4%	1,531	58.6%	513	19.6%	407	15.6%	10	0.4%	8	0.3%	107	4.1%	2,613
	Male	22	0.8%	1,492	55.6%	495	18.4%	513	19.1%	8	0.3%	24	0.9%	130	4.8%	2,684
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,023	57.1%	1,008	19.0%	920	17.4%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	Female	29	1.2%	1,461	60.0%	491	20.2%	342	14.0%	14	0.6%	11	0.5%	87	3.6%	2,435
	Male	33	1.3%	1,421	55.0%	502	19.4%	473	18.3%	10	0.4%	23	0.9%	121	4.7%	2,583
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,882	57.4%	993	19.8%	815	16.2%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,018
2023	Female	25	1.1%	1,312	57.4%	454	19.9%	378	16.5%	14	0.6%	8	0.3%	96	4.2%	2,287
	Male	28	1.2%	1,271	53.4%	428	18.0%	488	20.5%	20	0.8%	21	0.9%	125	5.2%	2,381
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,583	55.3%	882	18.9%	866	18.6%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	Female	8	0.4%	1,105	55.7%	410	20.7%	356	17.9%	14	0.7%	13	0.7%	79	4.0%	1,985
	Male	20	1.0%	1,083	51.5%	378	18.0%	457	21.8%	24	1.1%	29	1.4%	110	5.2%	2,101
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,188	53.5%	788	19.3%	813	19.9%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,086
2025	Female	17	0.9%	1,015	55.2%	338	18.4%	368	20.0%	28	1.5%	13	0.7%	60	3.3%	1,839
	Male	21	1.1%	971	51.3%	310	16.4%	458	24.2%	21	1.1%	14	0.7%	98	5.2%	1,893
	ALL CHILDREN	38	1.0%	1,986	53.2%	648	17.4%	826	22.1%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,732
2026*	Female	23	1.3%	985	57.0%	316	18.3%	321	18.6%	23	1.3%	11	0.6%	48	2.8%	1,727
	Male	16	0.9%	926	53.5%	258	14.9%	413	23.8%	21	1.2%	18	1.0%	80	4.6%	1,732
	ALL CHILDREN	39	1.1%	1,911	55.2%	574	16.6%	734	21.2%	44	1.3%	29	0.8%	128	3.7%	3,459

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%	703	50.2%	343	24.5%	234	16.7%	3	0.2%	15	1.1%	57	4.1%	1,401
	Cook Central	65	4.1%	730	45.7%	313	19.6%	391	24.5%	1	0.1%	10	0.6%	89	5.6%	1,599
	Cook South	39	2.4%	756	47.5%	346	21.7%	305	19.1%	7	0.4%	17	1.1%	123	7.7%	1,593
	ALL CHILDREN	150	3.3%	2,189	47.7%	1,002	21.8%	930	20.2%	11	0.2%	42	0.9%	269	5.9%	4,593
2020	Cook North	44	2.8%	873	56.5%	316	20.5%	245	15.9%	2	0.1%	9	0.6%	55	3.6%	1,544
	Cook Central	28	1.6%	943	52.4%	322	17.9%	420	23.3%	3	0.2%	8	0.4%	77	4.3%	1,801
	Cook South	28	1.5%	990	53.4%	369	19.9%	310	16.7%	8	0.4%	11	0.6%	137	7.4%	1,853
	ALL CHILDREN	100	1.9%	2,806	54.0%	1,007	19.4%	975	18.8%	13	0.3%	28	0.5%	269	5.2%	5,198
2021	Cook North	23	1.6%	898	61.8%	284	19.5%	192	13.2%	6	0.4%	7	0.5%	43	3.0%	1,453
	Cook Central	20	1.1%	1,025	54.4%	339	18.0%	414	22.0%	1	0.1%	9	0.5%	75	4.0%	1,883
	Cook South	16	0.8%	1,100	56.1%	385	19.6%	314	16.0%	11	0.6%	16	0.8%	119	6.1%	1,961
	ALL CHILDREN	59	1.1%	3,023	57.1%	1,008	19.0%	920	17.4%	18	0.3%	32	0.6%	237	4.5%	5,297
2022	Cook North	11	0.8%	879	64.0%	257	18.7%	171	12.5%	6	0.4%	6	0.4%	43	3.1%	1,373
	Cook Central	31	1.7%	1,051	56.2%	356	19.0%	357	19.1%	4	0.2%	8	0.4%	64	3.4%	1,871
	Cook South	20	1.1%	952	53.7%	380	21.4%	287	16.2%	14	0.8%	20	1.1%	101	5.7%	1,774
	ALL CHILDREN	62	1.2%	2,882	57.4%	993	19.8%	815	16.2%	24	0.5%	34	0.7%	208	4.1%	5,018
2023	Cook North	13	1.0%	706	56.3%	204	16.3%	267	21.3%	13	1.0%	4	0.3%	48	3.8%	1,255
	Cook Central	24	1.3%	1,009	54.9%	357	19.4%	357	19.4%	6	0.3%	12	0.7%	74	4.0%	1,839
	Cook South	16	1.0%	868	55.1%	321	20.4%	242	15.4%	15	1.0%	13	0.8%	99	6.3%	1,574
	ALL CHILDREN	53	1.1%	2,583	55.3%	882	18.9%	866	18.6%	34	0.7%	29	0.6%	221	4.7%	4,668
2024	Cook North	12	1.0%	624	53.2%	215	18.3%	252	21.5%	14	1.2%	13	1.1%	43	3.7%	1,173
	Cook Central	7	0.5%	770	53.2%	307	21.2%	280	19.4%	3	0.2%	11	0.8%	69	4.8%	1,447
	Cook South	9	0.6%	794	54.2%	266	18.1%	281	19.2%	21	1.4%	18	1.2%	77	5.3%	1,466
	ALL CHILDREN	28	0.7%	2,188	53.5%	788	19.3%	813	19.9%	38	0.9%	42	1.0%	189	4.6%	4,086
2025	Cook North	15	1.3%	596	52.6%	172	15.2%	283	25.0%	20	1.8%	4	0.4%	43	3.8%	1,133
	Cook Central	12	0.9%	716	54.5%	242	18.4%	278	21.2%	6	0.5%	13	1.0%	46	3.5%	1,313
	Cook South	11	0.9%	674	52.4%	234	18.2%	265	20.6%	23	1.8%	10	0.8%	69	5.4%	1,286
	ALL CHILDREN	38	1.0%	1,986	53.2%	648	17.4%	826	22.1%	49	1.3%	27	0.7%	158	4.2%	3,732
2026*	Cook North	16	1.5%	617	56.7%	156	14.3%	248	22.8%	10	0.9%	12	1.1%	29	2.7%	1,088
	Cook Central	11	0.9%	671	57.2%	193	16.4%	242	20.6%	9	0.8%	9	0.8%	39	3.3%	1,174
	Cook South	12	1.0%	623	52.0%	225	18.8%	244	20.4%	25	2.1%	8	0.7%	60	5.0%	1,197
	ALL CHILDREN	39	1.1%	1,911	55.2%	574	16.6%	734	21.2%	44	1.3%	29	0.8%	128	3.7%	3,459

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