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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 South 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	4	0.7%	328	53.9%	152	25.0%	48	7.9%	17	2.8%	5	0.8%	54	8.9%	608
2019	3	0.5%	370	63.4%	118	20.2%	35	6.0%	21	3.6%	4	0.7%	33	5.7%	584
2020	29	3.5%	582	70.9%	114	13.9%	17	2.1%	28	3.4%	4	0.5%	47	5.7%	821
2021	11	1.9%	440	74.1%	75	12.6%	24	4.0%	14	2.4%	3	0.5%	27	4.5%	594
2022	6	1.3%	325	72.1%	77	17.1%	10	2.2%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	21	4.7%	451
2023	4	0.9%	324	70.6%	85	18.5%	12	2.6%	7	1.5%	2	0.4%	25	5.4%	459
2024	5	1.5%	244	71.8%	46	13.5%	8	2.4%	17	5.0%	1	0.3%	19	5.6%	340
2025*	1	0.6%	113	67.7%	32	19.2%	4	2.4%	9	5.4%	0	0.0%	8	4.8%	167

Cook South 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	4	0.8%	258	53.0%	126	25.9%	39	8.0%	14	2.9%	5	1.0%	41	8.4%	487
	White	0	0.0%	30	55.6%	16	29.6%	2	3.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	11.1%	54
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	26	66.7%	2	5.1%	5	12.8%	2	5.1%	0	0.0%	4	10.3%	39
	Other Race	0	0.0%	8	47.1%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	0	0.0%	2	11.8%	17
	ALL CHILDREN	4	0.7%	328	53.9%	152	25.0%	48	7.9%	17	2.8%	5	0.8%	54	8.9%	608
2019	Black	3	0.7%	271	61.0%	91	20.5%	29	6.5%	18	4.1%	2	0.5%	30	6.8%	444
	White	0	0.0%	34	61.8%	12	21.8%	4	7.3%	1	1.8%	2	3.6%	2	3.6%	55
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	57	80.3%	11	15.5%	1	1.4%	2	2.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	71
	Other Race	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	6
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.5%	370	63.4%	118	20.2%	35	6.0%	21	3.6%	4	0.7%	33	5.7%	584
2020	Black	22	3.4%	465	70.9%	93	14.2%	12	1.8%	22	3.4%	4	0.6%	38	5.8%	656
	White	0	0.0%	31	68.9%	9	20.0%	3	6.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	4.4%	45
	Latinx (Any Race)	6	5.9%	80	79.2%	7	6.9%	2	2.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	5.9%	101
	Other Race	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11
	ALL CHILDREN	29	3.5%	582	70.9%	114	13.9%	17	2.1%	28	3.4%	4	0.5%	47	5.7%	821
2021	Black	11	2.4%	328	72.2%	55	12.1%	21	4.6%	13	2.9%	2	0.4%	24	5.3%	454
	White	0	0.0%	37	82.2%	4	8.9%	1	2.2%	1	2.2%	1	2.2%	1	2.2%	45
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	64	79.0%	14	17.3%	1	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	2.5%	81
	Other Race	0	0.0%	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11
	ALL CHILDREN	11	1.9%	440	74.1%	75	12.6%	24	4.0%	14	2.4%	3	0.5%	27	4.5%	594
2022	Black	6	1.7%	248	70.1%	63	17.8%	8	2.3%	11	3.1%	0	0.0%	18	5.1%	354
	White	0	0.0%	27	71.1%	9	23.7%	1	2.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	2.6%	38
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	47	88.7%	4	7.5%	0	0.0%	1	1.9%	0	0.0%	1	1.9%	53
	Other Race	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	5
	ALL CHILDREN	6	1.3%	325	72.1%	77	17.1%	10	2.2%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	21	4.7%	451
2023	Black	4	1.2%	235	70.8%	60	18.1%	5	1.5%	7	2.1%	0	0.0%	21	6.3%	332
	White	0	0.0%	13	56.5%	7	30.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	4.3%	2	8.7%	23
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	65	74.7%	14	16.1%	6	6.9%	0	0.0%	1	1.1%	1	1.1%	87
	Other Race	0	0.0%	8	61.5%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	13
	ALL CHILDREN	4	0.9%	324	70.6%	85	18.5%	12	2.6%	7	1.5%	2	0.4%	25	5.4%	459
2024	Black	4	1.5%	184	70.8%	36	13.8%	7	2.7%	11	4.2%	1	0.4%	17	6.5%	260
	White	0	0.0%	19	65.5%	5	17.2%	1	3.4%	3	10.3%	0	0.0%	1	3.4%	29
	Latinx (Any Race)	1	2.2%	38	84.4%	4	8.9%	0	0.0%	1	2.2%	0	0.0%	1	2.2%	45
	Other Race	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1
	ALL CHILDREN	5	1.5%	244	71.8%	46	13.5%	8	2.4%	17	5.0%	1	0.3%	19	5.6%	340
2025*	Black	1	0.7%	90	67.2%	25	18.7%	3	2.2%	8	6.0%	0	0.0%	7	5.2%	134
	White	0	0.0%	9	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	13
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	0	0.0%	1	5.6%	0	0.0%	1	5.6%	18
	Other Race	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.6%	113	67.7%	32	19.2%	4	2.4%	9	5.4%	0	0.0%	8	4.8%	167

Cook South 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%	155	60.8%	86	33.7%	10	3.9%	0	0.0%	3	1.2%	1	0.4%	255
	3 to 5	1	1.2%	44	54.3%	25	30.9%	10	12.3%	1	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	81
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	81	62.3%	31	23.8%	10	7.7%	3	2.3%	1	0.8%	4	3.1%	130
	12 to 17	3	2.1%	48	33.8%	10	7.0%	18	12.7%	13	9.2%	1	0.7%	49	34.5%	142
	ALL CHILDREN	4	0.7%	328	53.9%	152	25.0%	48	7.9%	17	2.8%	5	0.8%	54	8.9%	608
2019	0 to 2	1	0.5%	124	58.8%	71	33.6%	13	6.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	211
	3 to 5	1	1.0%	70	68.6%	24	23.5%	7	6.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	102
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	97	73.5%	16	12.1%	4	3.0%	9	6.8%	1	0.8%	5	3.8%	132
	12 to 17	1	0.7%	79	56.8%	7	5.0%	11	7.9%	12	8.6%	1	0.7%	28	20.1%	139
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.5%	370	63.4%	118	20.2%	35	6.0%	21	3.6%	4	0.7%	33	5.7%	584
2020	0 to 2	14	4.7%	205	68.3%	70	23.3%	4	1.3%	5	1.7%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	300
	3 to 5	7	5.3%	101	77.1%	14	10.7%	3	2.3%	4	3.1%	0	0.0%	2	1.5%	131
	6 to 11	4	2.3%	138	80.7%	18	10.5%	1	0.6%	7	4.1%	0	0.0%	3	1.8%	171
	12 to 17	4	1.8%	138	63.3%	11	5.0%	9	4.1%	12	5.5%	2	0.9%	42	19.3%	218
	ALL CHILDREN	29	3.5%	582	70.9%	114	13.9%	17	2.1%	28	3.4%	4	0.5%	47	5.7%	821
2021	0 to 2	1	0.4%	183	73.2%	51	20.4%	11	4.4%	3	1.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	250
	3 to 5	2	2.1%	76	79.2%	11	11.5%	6	6.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.0%	96
	6 to 11	5	4.2%	101	84.9%	7	5.9%	3	2.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.8%	2	1.7%	119
	12 to 17	3	2.3%	80	62.0%	6	4.7%	4	3.1%	11	8.5%	2	1.6%	23	17.8%	129
	ALL CHILDREN	11	1.9%	440	74.1%	75	12.6%	24	4.0%	14	2.4%	3	0.5%	27	4.5%	594
2022	0 to 2	0	0.0%	124	68.1%	50	27.5%	3	1.6%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	4	2.2%	182
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	53	88.3%	5	8.3%	1	1.7%	1	1.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	60
	6 to 11	1	1.0%	77	79.4%	10	10.3%	2	2.1%	3	3.1%	0	0.0%	4	4.1%	97
	12 to 17	5	4.5%	71	63.4%	12	10.7%	4	3.6%	7	6.3%	0	0.0%	13	11.6%	112
	ALL CHILDREN	6	1.3%	325	72.1%	77	17.1%	10	2.2%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	21	4.7%	451
2023	0 to 2	1	0.6%	104	64.6%	51	31.7%	4	2.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	161
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	56	82.4%	11	16.2%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	68
	6 to 11	2	1.8%	87	79.1%	14	12.7%	3	2.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	3.6%	110
	12 to 17	1	0.8%	77	64.2%	9	7.5%	4	3.3%	7	5.8%	2	1.7%	20	16.7%	120
	ALL CHILDREN	4	0.9%	324	70.6%	85	18.5%	12	2.6%	7	1.5%	2	0.4%	25	5.4%	459
2024	0 to 2	2	1.8%	74	67.9%	27	24.8%	5	4.6%	1	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	109
	3 to 5	2	3.7%	46	85.2%	5	9.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.9%	54
	6 to 11	1	1.3%	64	81.0%	9	11.4%	0	0.0%	4	5.1%	0	0.0%	1	1.3%	79
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	60	61.2%	5	5.1%	3	3.1%	12	12.2%	1	1.0%	17	17.3%	98
	ALL CHILDREN	5	1.5%	244	71.8%	46	13.5%	8	2.4%	17	5.0%	1	0.3%	19	5.6%	340
2025*	0 to 2	0	0.0%	42	70.0%	16	26.7%	2	3.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	60
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	23	79.3%	4	13.8%	2	6.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	29
	6 to 11	1	2.8%	25	69.4%	9	25.0%	0	0.0%	1	2.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	36
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	23	54.8%	3	7.1%	0	0.0%	8	19.0%	0	0.0%	8	19.0%	42
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.6%	113	67.7%	32	19.2%	4	2.4%	9	5.4%	0	0.0%	8	4.8%	167

Cook South 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	3	1.0%	171	54.6%	76	24.3%	35	11.2%	8	2.6%	3	1.0%	17	5.4%	313
	Male	1	0.3%	157	53.2%	76	25.8%	13	4.4%	9	3.1%	2	0.7%	37	12.5%	295
	ALL CHILDREN	4	0.7%	328	53.9%	152	25.0%	48	7.9%	17	2.8%	5	0.8%	54	8.9%	608
2019	Female	0	0.0%	200	67.6%	55	18.6%	17	5.7%	10	3.4%	2	0.7%	12	4.1%	296
	Male	3	1.0%	170	59.0%	63	21.9%	18	6.3%	11	3.8%	2	0.7%	21	7.3%	288
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.5%	370	63.4%	118	20.2%	35	6.0%	21	3.6%	4	0.7%	33	5.7%	584
2020	Female	16	3.8%	296	70.6%	54	12.9%	6	1.4%	16	3.8%	4	1.0%	27	6.4%	419
	Male	13	3.2%	286	71.1%	60	14.9%	11	2.7%	12	3.0%	0	0.0%	20	5.0%	402
	ALL CHILDREN	29	3.5%	582	70.9%	114	13.9%	17	2.1%	28	3.4%	4	0.5%	47	5.7%	821
2021	Female	7	2.3%	222	72.8%	42	13.8%	10	3.3%	8	2.6%	3	1.0%	13	4.3%	305
	Male	4	1.4%	218	75.4%	33	11.4%	14	4.8%	6	2.1%	0	0.0%	14	4.8%	289
	ALL CHILDREN	11	1.9%	440	74.1%	75	12.6%	24	4.0%	14	2.4%	3	0.5%	27	4.5%	594
2022	Female	3	1.4%	161	73.2%	38	17.3%	4	1.8%	7	3.2%	0	0.0%	7	3.2%	220
	Male	3	1.3%	164	71.0%	39	16.9%	6	2.6%	5	2.2%	0	0.0%	14	6.1%	231
	ALL CHILDREN	6	1.3%	325	72.1%	77	17.1%	10	2.2%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	21	4.7%	451
2023	Female	2	0.9%	157	67.1%	50	21.4%	11	4.7%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	12	5.1%	234
	Male	2	0.9%	167	74.2%	35	15.6%	1	0.4%	5	2.2%	2	0.9%	13	5.8%	225
	ALL CHILDREN	4	0.9%	324	70.6%	85	18.5%	12	2.6%	7	1.5%	2	0.4%	25	5.4%	459
2024	Female	3	1.7%	125	71.8%	25	14.4%	6	3.4%	5	2.9%	1	0.6%	9	5.2%	174
	Male	2	1.2%	119	71.7%	21	12.7%	2	1.2%	12	7.2%	0	0.0%	10	6.0%	166
	ALL CHILDREN	5	1.5%	244	71.8%	46	13.5%	8	2.4%	17	5.0%	1	0.3%	19	5.6%	340
2025*	Female	1	1.1%	73	77.7%	13	13.8%	2	2.1%	4	4.3%	0	0.0%	1	1.1%	94
	Male	0	0.0%	40	54.8%	19	26.0%	2	2.7%	5	6.8%	0	0.0%	7	9.6%	73
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.6%	113	67.7%	32	19.2%	4	2.4%	9	5.4%	0	0.0%	8	4.8%	167