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

Lake 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	18	5.3%	142	41.8%	112	32.9%	52	15.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	14	4.1%	340
2019	14	3.6%	194	49.7%	115	29.5%	53	13.6%	0	0.0%	3	0.8%	11	2.8%	390
2020	15	3.3%	239	52.4%	114	25.0%	63	13.8%	2	0.4%	4	0.9%	19	4.2%	456
2021	23	4.3%	289	54.0%	132	24.7%	61	11.4%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	24	4.5%	535
2022	22	4.2%	289	54.8%	134	25.4%	61	11.6%	4	0.8%	1	0.2%	16	3.0%	527
2023	15	3.1%	275	57.7%	110	23.1%	50	10.5%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	19	4.0%	477
2024	26	5.9%	218	49.9%	115	26.3%	49	11.2%	3	0.7%	5	1.1%	21	4.8%	437
2025*	29	6.8%	232	54.1%	82	19.1%	52	12.1%	12	2.8%	2	0.5%	20	4.7%	429

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.