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Initial Placement Types

Initial placement types for children entering substitute care during the year.

Data extracted on December 31, 2024.

Cook North Cook Central Cook South Aurora Rockford Champaign Peoria Springfield East St. Louis Marion

Cook North Sub-Region		Initial 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 Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	1	0.3%	202	57.7%	83	23.7%	25	7.1%	13	3.7%	3	0.9%	23	6.6%	350
2019	3	0.9%	197	62.3%	71	22.5%	12	3.8%	8	2.5%	1	0.3%	24	7.6%	316
2020	3	0.7%	319	71.2%	65	14.5%	11	2.5%	15	3.3%	2	0.4%	33	7.4%	448
2021	4	1.2%	246	75.5%	47	14.4%	3	0.9%	7	2.1%	1	0.3%	18	5.5%	326
2022	0	0.0%	202	66.0%	76	24.8%	7	2.3%	4	1.3%	1	0.3%	16	5.2%	306
2023	2	0.7%	186	66.9%	55	19.8%	7	2.5%	11	4.0%	1	0.4%	16	5.8%	278
2024	3	1.0%	201	63.8%	67	21.3%	6	1.9%	19	6.0%	3	1.0%	16	5.1%	315
2025*	1	0.8%	71	60.2%	24	20.3%	0	0.0%	15	12.7%	0	0.0%	7	5.9%	118

Cook North Sub-Region		Initial 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 Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	Black	1	0.5%	112	53.8%	52	25.0%	19	9.1%	7	3.4%	3	1.4%	14	6.7%	208
	White	0	0.0%	43	66.2%	13	20.0%	1	1.5%	3	4.6%	0	0.0%	5	7.7%	65
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	33	58.9%	11	19.6%	5	8.9%	3	5.4%	0	0.0%	4	7.1%	56
	Other Race	0	0.0%	14	73.7%	5	26.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	19
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.3%	202	57.7%	83	23.7%	25	7.1%	13	3.7%	3	0.9%	23	6.6%	350
2019	Black	3	1.6%	109	58.0%	48	25.5%	6	3.2%	4	2.1%	0	0.0%	18	9.6%	188
	White	0	0.0%	33	63.5%	14	26.9%	1	1.9%	1	1.9%	0	0.0%	3	5.8%	52
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	45	72.6%	9	14.5%	3	4.8%	2	3.2%	0	0.0%	3	4.8%	62
	Other Race	0	0.0%	10	76.9%	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	13
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.9%	197	62.3%	71	22.5%	12	3.8%	8	2.5%	1	0.3%	24	7.6%	316
2020	Black	2	1.1%	122	66.3%	27	14.7%	6	3.3%	5	2.7%	2	1.1%	20	10.9%	184
	White	0	0.0%	76	73.8%	14	13.6%	1	1.0%	6	5.8%	0	0.0%	6	5.8%	103
	Latinx (Any Race)	1	0.7%	109	76.2%	18	12.6%	4	2.8%	4	2.8%	0	0.0%	7	4.9%	143
	Other Race	0	0.0%	10	62.5%	6	37.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	16
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.7%	319	71.2%	65	14.5%	11	2.5%	15	3.3%	2	0.4%	33	7.4%	448
2021	Black	3	2.5%	78	63.9%	22	18.0%	1	0.8%	4	3.3%	0	0.0%	14	11.5%	122
	White	1	1.3%	58	75.3%	13	16.9%	1	1.3%	2	2.6%	0	0.0%	2	2.6%	77
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	101	87.1%	11	9.5%	1	0.9%	0	0.0%	1	0.9%	2	1.7%	116
	Other Race	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10
	ALL CHILDREN	4	1.2%	246	75.5%	47	14.4%	3	0.9%	7	2.1%	1	0.3%	18	5.5%	326
2022	Black	0	0.0%	88	61.5%	37	25.9%	3	2.1%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	13	9.1%	143
	White	0	0.0%	48	67.6%	19	26.8%	3	4.2%	1	1.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	71
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	58	72.5%	17	21.3%	1	1.3%	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	3	3.8%	80
	Other Race	0	0.0%	8	72.7%	3	27.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	202	66.0%	76	24.8%	7	2.3%	4	1.3%	1	0.3%	16	5.2%	306
2023	Black	0	0.0%	103	71.0%	22	15.2%	5	3.4%	5	3.4%	1	0.7%	9	6.2%	145
	White	2	4.0%	27	54.0%	19	38.0%	0	0.0%	2	4.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	50
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	44	69.8%	8	12.7%	2	3.2%	3	4.8%	0	0.0%	6	9.5%	63
	Other Race	0	0.0%	6	50.0%	4	33.3%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	12
	ALL CHILDREN	2	0.7%	186	66.9%	55	19.8%	7	2.5%	11	4.0%	1	0.4%	16	5.8%	278
2024	Black	1	0.6%	110	67.9%	34	21.0%	3	1.9%	6	3.7%	0	0.0%	8	4.9%	162
	White	2	3.8%	29	54.7%	12	22.6%	3	5.7%	4	7.5%	1	1.9%	2	3.8%	53
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	52	62.7%	16	19.3%	0	0.0%	8	9.6%	2	2.4%	5	6.0%	83
	Other Race	0	0.0%	5	41.7%	5	41.7%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	12
	ALL CHILDREN	3	1.0%	201	63.8%	67	21.3%	6	1.9%	19	6.0%	3	1.0%	16	5.1%	315
2025*	Black	0	0.0%	38	73.1%	5	9.6%	0	0.0%	6	11.5%	0	0.0%	3	5.8%	52
	White	0	0.0%	15	60.0%	7	28.0%	0	0.0%	3	12.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	25
	Latinx (Any Race)	1	3.4%	16	55.2%	2	6.9%	0	0.0%	6	20.7%	0	0.0%	4	13.8%	29
	Other Race	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.8%	71	60.2%	24	20.3%	0	0.0%	15	12.7%	0	0.0%	7	5.9%	118

Cook North Sub-Region		Initial 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 Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	0 to 2	0	0.0%	66	55.0%	40	33.3%	12	10.0%	2	1.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	120
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	42	68.9%	14	23.0%	4	6.6%	1	1.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	61
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	59	62.8%	22	23.4%	5	5.3%	5	5.3%	1	1.1%	2	2.1%	94
	12 to 17	1	1.3%	35	46.7%	7	9.3%	4	5.3%	5	6.7%	2	2.7%	21	28.0%	75
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.3%	202	57.7%	83	23.7%	25	7.1%	13	3.7%	3	0.9%	23	6.6%	350
2019	0 to 2	0	0.0%	72	59.0%	44	36.1%	6	4.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	122
	3 to 5	1	1.8%	37	67.3%	13	23.6%	3	5.5%	1	1.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	55
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	54	78.3%	9	13.0%	0	0.0%	2	2.9%	0	0.0%	4	5.8%	69
	12 to 17	2	2.9%	34	48.6%	5	7.1%	3	4.3%	5	7.1%	1	1.4%	20	28.6%	70
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.9%	197	62.3%	71	22.5%	12	3.8%	8	2.5%	1	0.3%	24	7.6%	316
2020	0 to 2	2	1.1%	113	63.5%	50	28.1%	6	3.4%	5	2.8%	1	0.6%	1	0.6%	178
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	57	96.6%	2	3.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	59
	6 to 11	1	1.0%	91	87.5%	9	8.7%	0	0.0%	3	2.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	104
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	58	54.2%	4	3.7%	5	4.7%	7	6.5%	1	0.9%	32	29.9%	107
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.7%	319	71.2%	65	14.5%	11	2.5%	15	3.3%	2	0.4%	33	7.4%	448
2021	0 to 2	1	0.7%	110	76.9%	29	20.3%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	143
	3 to 5	1	2.6%	35	89.7%	3	7.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	39
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	57	83.8%	8	11.8%	2	2.9%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	68
	12 to 17	2	2.6%	44	57.9%	7	9.2%	0	0.0%	5	6.6%	1	1.3%	17	22.4%	76
	ALL CHILDREN	4	1.2%	246	75.5%	47	14.4%	3	0.9%	7	2.1%	1	0.3%	18	5.5%	326
2022	0 to 2	0	0.0%	75	60.0%	45	36.0%	1	0.8%	1	0.8%	0	0.0%	3	2.4%	125
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	35	77.8%	9	20.0%	1	2.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	45
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	51	78.5%	11	16.9%	1	1.5%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	1	1.5%	65
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	41	57.7%	11	15.5%	4	5.6%	2	2.8%	1	1.4%	12	16.9%	71
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	202	66.0%	76	24.8%	7	2.3%	4	1.3%	1	0.3%	16	5.2%	306
2023	0 to 2	0	0.0%	67	69.1%	28	28.9%	2	2.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	97
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	41	78.8%	8	15.4%	2	3.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.9%	52
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	51	78.5%	12	18.5%	0	0.0%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	1	1.5%	65
	12 to 17	2	3.1%	27	42.2%	7	10.9%	3	4.7%	10	15.6%	1	1.6%	14	21.9%	64
	ALL CHILDREN	2	0.7%	186	66.9%	55	19.8%	7	2.5%	11	4.0%	1	0.4%	16	5.8%	278
2024	0 to 2	0	0.0%	67	60.4%	41	36.9%	3	2.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	111
	3 to 5	1	2.3%	31	72.1%	8	18.6%	2	4.7%	1	2.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	43
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	56	80.0%	7	10.0%	0	0.0%	5	7.1%	2	2.9%	0	0.0%	70
	12 to 17	2	2.2%	47	51.6%	11	12.1%	1	1.1%	13	14.3%	1	1.1%	16	17.6%	91
	ALL CHILDREN	3	1.0%	201	63.8%	67	21.3%	6	1.9%	19	6.0%	3	1.0%	16	5.1%	315
2025*	0 to 2	0	0.0%	25	67.6%	10	27.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	5.4%	37
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	10	58.8%	6	35.3%	0	0.0%	1	5.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	17
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	19	65.5%	5	17.2%	0	0.0%	5	17.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	29
	12 to 17	1	2.9%	17	48.6%	3	8.6%	0	0.0%	9	25.7%	0	0.0%	5	14.3%	35
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.8%	71	60.2%	24	20.3%	0	0.0%	15	12.7%	0	0.0%	7	5.9%	118

Cook North Sub-Region		Initial 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 Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	Female	1	0.6%	96	59.3%	42	25.9%	13	8.0%	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	8	4.9%	162
	Male	0	0.0%	106	56.4%	41	21.8%	12	6.4%	11	5.9%	3	1.6%	15	8.0%	188
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.3%	202	57.7%	83	23.7%	25	7.1%	13	3.7%	3	0.9%	23	6.6%	350
2019	Female	2	1.2%	101	62.0%	40	24.5%	4	2.5%	3	1.8%	1	0.6%	12	7.4%	163
	Male	1	0.7%	96	62.7%	31	20.3%	8	5.2%	5	3.3%	0	0.0%	12	7.8%	153
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.9%	197	62.3%	71	22.5%	12	3.8%	8	2.5%	1	0.3%	24	7.6%	316
2020	Female	2	1.0%	149	71.0%	34	16.2%	8	3.8%	7	3.3%	1	0.5%	9	4.3%	210
	Male	1	0.4%	170	71.4%	31	13.0%	3	1.3%	8	3.4%	1	0.4%	24	10.1%	238
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.7%	319	71.2%	65	14.5%	11	2.5%	15	3.3%	2	0.4%	33	7.4%	448
2021	Female	1	0.6%	135	77.6%	25	14.4%	3	1.7%	4	2.3%	0	0.0%	6	3.4%	174
	Male	3	2.0%	111	73.0%	22	14.5%	0	0.0%	3	2.0%	1	0.7%	12	7.9%	152
	ALL CHILDREN	4	1.2%	246	75.5%	47	14.4%	3	0.9%	7	2.1%	1	0.3%	18	5.5%	326
2022	Female	0	0.0%	100	70.4%	36	25.4%	4	2.8%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	142
	Male	0	0.0%	102	62.2%	40	24.4%	3	1.8%	3	1.8%	1	0.6%	15	9.1%	164
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	202	66.0%	76	24.8%	7	2.3%	4	1.3%	1	0.3%	16	5.2%	306
2023	Female	1	0.8%	93	71.0%	22	16.8%	4	3.1%	7	5.3%	0	0.0%	4	3.1%	131
	Male	1	0.7%	93	63.3%	33	22.4%	3	2.0%	4	2.7%	1	0.7%	12	8.2%	147
	ALL CHILDREN	2	0.7%	186	66.9%	55	19.8%	7	2.5%	11	4.0%	1	0.4%	16	5.8%	278
2024	Female	3	2.3%	78	60.0%	27	20.8%	2	1.5%	11	8.5%	0	0.0%	9	6.9%	130
	Male	0	0.0%	123	66.5%	40	21.6%	4	2.2%	8	4.3%	3	1.6%	7	3.8%	185
	ALL CHILDREN	3	1.0%	201	63.8%	67	21.3%	6	1.9%	19	6.0%	3	1.0%	16	5.1%	315
2025*	Female	0	0.0%	40	69.0%	8	13.8%	0	0.0%	7	12.1%	0	0.0%	3	5.2%	58
	Male	1	1.7%	31	51.7%	16	26.7%	0	0.0%	8	13.3%	0	0.0%	4	6.7%	60
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.8%	71	60.2%	24	20.3%	0	0.0%	15	12.7%	0	0.0%	7	5.9%	118