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Initial Placement Types

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

Data extracted on January 1, 2026.

Northern 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
2019	10	0.9%	735	67.9%	294	27.1%	7	0.6%	11	1.0%	2	0.2%	24	2.2%	1,083
2020	7	0.5%	962	74.5%	259	20.0%	12	0.9%	9	0.7%	4	0.3%	39	3.0%	1,292
2021	14	0.9%	1,205	77.6%	260	16.8%	6	0.4%	15	1.0%	1	0.1%	51	3.3%	1,552
2022	7	0.6%	924	75.8%	235	19.3%	14	1.1%	7	0.6%	3	0.2%	29	2.4%	1,219
2023	1	0.1%	843	77.3%	190	17.4%	6	0.5%	16	1.5%	2	0.2%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	10	0.9%	870	75.9%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	34	3.0%	1,146
2025	5	0.5%	773	77.4%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	999
2026*	1	0.2%	349	79.5%	60	13.7%	7	1.6%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.3%	439

Northern 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
2019	Black (Non-Latinx)	7	1.6%	284	63.8%	132	29.7%	2	0.4%	7	1.6%	2	0.4%	11	2.5%	445
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	295	71.3%	106	25.6%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	8	1.9%	414
	Latinx (Any Race)	3	1.8%	115	70.6%	38	23.3%	2	1.2%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	4	2.5%	163
	Other Race	0	0.0%	35	68.6%	16	31.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	51
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	735	67.9%	294	27.1%	7	0.6%	11	1.0%	2	0.2%	24	2.2%	1,083
2020	Black (Non-Latinx)	3	0.6%	336	71.5%	105	22.3%	6	1.3%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	17	3.6%	470
	White (Non-Latinx)	2	0.4%	381	76.2%	91	18.2%	4	0.8%	7	1.4%	2	0.4%	13	2.6%	500
	Latinx (Any Race)	2	0.8%	186	76.5%	44	18.1%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	9	3.7%	243
	Other Race	0	0.0%	50	73.5%	17	25.0%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	68
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.5%	962	74.5%	259	20.0%	12	0.9%	9	0.7%	4	0.3%	39	3.0%	1,292
2021	Black (Non-Latinx)	1	0.2%	317	76.4%	74	17.8%	5	1.2%	5	1.2%	1	0.2%	12	2.9%	415
	White (Non-Latinx)	7	1.0%	545	79.7%	98	14.3%	0	0.0%	7	1.0%	0	0.0%	27	3.9%	684
	Latinx (Any Race)	2	0.6%	274	77.2%	67	18.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	10	2.8%	355
	Other Race	4	5.1%	53	67.9%	17	21.8%	1	1.3%	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	2	2.6%	78
	ALL CHILDREN	14	0.9%	1,205	77.6%	260	16.8%	6	0.4%	15	1.0%	1	0.1%	51	3.3%	1,552
2022	Black (Non-Latinx)	1	0.3%	289	78.1%	63	17.0%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	13	3.5%	370
	White (Non-Latinx)	5	1.0%	370	74.4%	96	19.3%	11	2.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	11	2.2%	497
	Latinx (Any Race)	1	0.3%	220	75.1%	67	22.9%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	1.4%	293
	Other Race	0	0.0%	38	77.6%	8	16.3%	0	0.0%	2	4.1%	1	2.0%	0	0.0%	49
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.6%	924	75.8%	235	19.3%	14	1.1%	7	0.6%	3	0.2%	29	2.4%	1,219
2023	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	278	77.4%	62	17.3%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	13	3.6%	359
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	326	76.7%	73	17.2%	3	0.7%	10	2.4%	0	0.0%	13	3.1%	425
	Latinx (Any Race)	1	0.5%	170	78.0%	40	18.3%	1	0.5%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	4	1.8%	218
	Other Race	0	0.0%	54	79.4%	11	16.2%	0	0.0%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	2	2.9%	68
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.1%	843	77.3%	190	17.4%	6	0.5%	16	1.5%	2	0.2%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	289	76.5%	70	18.5%	5	1.3%	3	0.8%	0	0.0%	11	2.9%	378
	White (Non-Latinx)	3	0.7%	350	79.7%	64	14.6%	2	0.5%	6	1.4%	0	0.0%	14	3.2%	439
	Latinx (Any Race)	6	2.3%	186	71.3%	51	19.5%	3	1.1%	7	2.7%	0	0.0%	8	3.1%	261
	Other Race	1	1.8%	40	70.2%	16	28.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	57
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	870	75.9%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	34	3.0%	1,146
2025	Black (Non-Latinx)	2	0.6%	249	78.3%	44	13.8%	2	0.6%	10	3.1%	0	0.0%	11	3.5%	318
	White (Non-Latinx)	3	0.8%	257	68.9%	67	18.0%	6	1.6%	29	7.8%	1	0.3%	10	2.7%	373
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	213	88.0%	24	9.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	3	1.2%	242
	Other Race	0	0.0%	41	83.7%	6	12.2%	0	0.0%	2	4.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	49
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.5%	773	77.4%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	999
2026*	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	138	77.5%	25	14.0%	1	0.6%	7	3.9%	0	0.0%	7	3.9%	178
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	133	82.1%	24	14.8%	0	0.0%	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	3	1.9%	162
	Latinx (Any Race)	1	1.3%	61	76.3%	10	12.5%	6	7.5%	2	2.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	80
	Other Race	0	0.0%	12	92.3%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	13
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	349	79.5%	60	13.7%	7	1.6%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.3%	439

Northern 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
2019	0 to 2	3	0.7%	269	65.1%	138	33.4%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	413
	3 to 5	4	2.0%	145	70.7%	55	26.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	205
	6 to 11	2	0.8%	194	72.9%	67	25.2%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	266
	12 to 17	1	0.5%	127	63.8%	34	17.1%	4	2.0%	11	5.5%	0	0.0%	22	11.1%	199
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	735	67.9%	294	27.1%	7	0.6%	11	1.0%	2	0.2%	24	2.2%	1,083
2020	0 to 2	4	0.7%	408	72.5%	145	25.8%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	563
	3 to 5	2	0.9%	192	82.4%	38	16.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	233
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	219	79.6%	51	18.5%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.1%	275
	12 to 17	1	0.5%	143	64.7%	25	11.3%	7	3.2%	7	3.2%	4	1.8%	34	15.4%	221
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.5%	962	74.5%	259	20.0%	12	0.9%	9	0.7%	4	0.3%	39	3.0%	1,292
2021	0 to 2	4	0.7%	445	73.0%	157	25.7%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	610
	3 to 5	3	1.1%	232	84.1%	34	12.3%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	1.8%	276
	6 to 11	4	1.1%	325	86.0%	40	10.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	2.4%	378
	12 to 17	3	1.0%	203	70.5%	29	10.1%	1	0.3%	15	5.2%	1	0.3%	36	12.5%	288
	ALL CHILDREN	14	0.9%	1,205	77.6%	260	16.8%	6	0.4%	15	1.0%	1	0.1%	51	3.3%	1,552
2022	0 to 2	1	0.2%	325	70.5%	128	27.8%	5	1.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	461
	3 to 5	1	0.4%	204	82.9%	33	13.4%	5	2.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.2%	246
	6 to 11	1	0.3%	238	81.2%	49	16.7%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.0%	293
	12 to 17	4	1.8%	157	71.7%	25	11.4%	2	0.9%	7	3.2%	3	1.4%	21	9.6%	219
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.6%	924	75.8%	235	19.3%	14	1.1%	7	0.6%	3	0.2%	29	2.4%	1,219
2023	0 to 2	0	0.0%	304	72.7%	107	25.6%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	1.0%	418
	3 to 5	1	0.5%	172	80.8%	38	17.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	213
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	233	88.9%	26	9.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	262
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	134	67.7%	19	9.6%	3	1.5%	14	7.1%	2	1.0%	26	13.1%	198
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.1%	843	77.3%	190	17.4%	6	0.5%	16	1.5%	2	0.2%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	0 to 2	2	0.5%	265	67.1%	127	32.2%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	395
	3 to 5	1	0.4%	200	88.1%	24	10.6%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	227
	6 to 11	1	0.3%	248	82.9%	34	11.4%	6	2.0%	4	1.3%	0	0.0%	6	2.0%	299
	12 to 17	6	2.7%	157	69.8%	20	8.9%	2	0.9%	12	5.3%	1	0.4%	27	12.0%	225
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	870	75.9%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	34	3.0%	1,146
2025	0 to 2	0	0.0%	276	74.4%	88	23.7%	6	1.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	371
	3 to 5	1	0.6%	153	86.9%	19	10.8%	0	0.0%	2	1.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	176
	6 to 11	3	1.1%	231	86.8%	18	6.8%	0	0.0%	11	4.1%	0	0.0%	3	1.1%	266
	12 to 17	1	0.5%	113	60.8%	19	10.2%	2	1.1%	30	16.1%	1	0.5%	20	10.8%	186
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.5%	773	77.4%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	999
2026*	0 to 2	0	0.0%	116	73.9%	40	25.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	157
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	71	87.7%	8	9.9%	1	1.2%	1	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	81
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	97	84.3%	10	8.7%	4	3.5%	3	2.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.9%	115
	12 to 17	1	1.2%	65	75.6%	2	2.3%	2	2.3%	7	8.1%	0	0.0%	9	10.5%	86
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	349	79.5%	60	13.7%	7	1.6%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.3%	439

Northern 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
2019	Female	6	1.1%	362	68.4%	147	27.8%	3	0.6%	5	0.9%	1	0.2%	5	0.9%	529
	Male	4	0.7%	373	67.3%	147	26.5%	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	1	0.2%	19	3.4%	554
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	735	67.9%	294	27.1%	7	0.6%	11	1.0%	2	0.2%	24	2.2%	1,083
2020	Female	4	0.6%	489	74.7%	139	21.2%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	14	2.1%	655
	Male	3	0.5%	473	74.3%	120	18.8%	9	1.4%	5	0.8%	2	0.3%	25	3.9%	637
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.5%	962	74.5%	259	20.0%	12	0.9%	9	0.7%	4	0.3%	39	3.0%	1,292
2021	Female	4	0.6%	563	78.5%	123	17.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	23	3.2%	717
	Male	10	1.2%	642	76.9%	137	16.4%	5	0.6%	12	1.4%	1	0.1%	28	3.4%	835
	ALL CHILDREN	14	0.9%	1,205	77.6%	260	16.8%	6	0.4%	15	1.0%	1	0.1%	51	3.3%	1,552
2022	Female	4	0.7%	464	79.3%	94	16.1%	6	1.0%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	12	2.1%	585
	Male	3	0.5%	460	72.6%	141	22.2%	8	1.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	17	2.7%	634
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.6%	924	75.8%	235	19.3%	14	1.1%	7	0.6%	3	0.2%	29	2.4%	1,219
2023	Female	1	0.2%	414	76.0%	109	20.0%	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	1	0.2%	11	2.0%	545
	Male	0	0.0%	429	78.6%	81	14.8%	2	0.4%	11	2.0%	1	0.2%	22	4.0%	546
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.1%	843	77.3%	190	17.4%	6	0.5%	16	1.5%	2	0.2%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	Female	4	0.8%	396	76.9%	91	17.7%	3	0.6%	7	1.4%	1	0.2%	13	2.5%	515
	Male	6	1.0%	474	75.1%	114	18.1%	7	1.1%	9	1.4%	0	0.0%	21	3.3%	631
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	870	75.9%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	34	3.0%	1,146
2025	Female	1	0.2%	382	79.3%	67	13.9%	5	1.0%	19	3.9%	0	0.0%	8	1.7%	482
	Male	4	0.8%	391	75.6%	77	14.9%	3	0.6%	24	4.6%	1	0.2%	17	3.3%	517
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.5%	773	77.4%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	999
2026*	Female	0	0.0%	155	79.5%	29	14.9%	2	1.0%	7	3.6%	0	0.0%	2	1.0%	195
	Male	1	0.4%	194	79.5%	31	12.7%	5	2.0%	5	2.0%	0	0.0%	8	3.3%	244
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	349	79.5%	60	13.7%	7	1.6%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.3%	439

Northern 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
2019	Aurora	1	0.2%	330	60.2%	190	34.7%	3	0.5%	7	1.3%	1	0.2%	16	2.9%	548
	Rockford	9	1.7%	405	75.7%	104	19.4%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	8	1.5%	535
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	735	67.9%	294	27.1%	7	0.6%	11	1.0%	2	0.2%	24	2.2%	1,083
2020	Aurora	6	0.8%	557	71.5%	169	21.7%	8	1.0%	6	0.8%	4	0.5%	29	3.7%	779
	Rockford	1	0.2%	405	78.9%	90	17.5%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	10	1.9%	513
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.5%	962	74.5%	259	20.0%	12	0.9%	9	0.7%	4	0.3%	39	3.0%	1,292
2021	Aurora	9	0.9%	715	73.6%	189	19.4%	3	0.3%	14	1.4%	1	0.1%	41	4.2%	972
	Rockford	5	0.9%	490	84.5%	71	12.2%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	10	1.7%	580
	ALL CHILDREN	14	0.9%	1,205	77.6%	260	16.8%	6	0.4%	15	1.0%	1	0.1%	51	3.3%	1,552
2022	Aurora	6	0.7%	615	75.4%	164	20.1%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	2	0.2%	21	2.6%	816
	Rockford	1	0.2%	309	76.7%	71	17.6%	10	2.5%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	8	2.0%	403
	ALL CHILDREN	7	0.6%	924	75.8%	235	19.3%	14	1.1%	7	0.6%	3	0.2%	29	2.4%	1,219
2023	Aurora	1	0.1%	551	77.1%	120	16.8%	4	0.6%	13	1.8%	2	0.3%	24	3.4%	715
	Rockford	0	0.0%	292	77.7%	70	18.6%	2	0.5%	3	0.8%	0	0.0%	9	2.4%	376
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.1%	843	77.3%	190	17.4%	6	0.5%	16	1.5%	2	0.2%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	Aurora	9	1.2%	558	76.2%	132	18.0%	2	0.3%	9	1.2%	1	0.1%	21	2.9%	732
	Rockford	1	0.2%	312	75.4%	73	17.6%	8	1.9%	7	1.7%	0	0.0%	13	3.1%	414
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	870	75.9%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	34	3.0%	1,146
2025	Aurora	5	0.8%	482	75.5%	95	14.9%	6	0.9%	34	5.3%	1	0.2%	15	2.4%	638
	Rockford	0	0.0%	291	80.6%	49	13.6%	2	0.6%	9	2.5%	0	0.0%	10	2.8%	361
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.5%	773	77.4%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	999
2026*	Aurora	1	0.4%	199	75.7%	42	16.0%	1	0.4%	12	4.6%	0	0.0%	8	3.0%	263
	Rockford	0	0.0%	150	85.2%	18	10.2%	6	3.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.1%	176
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	349	79.5%	60	13.7%	7	1.6%	12	2.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.3%	439

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