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Initial Placement Types

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

Data extracted on July 5, 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%	844	77.4%	189	17.3%	6	0.5%	17	1.6%	1	0.1%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	10	0.9%	868	75.8%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	35	3.1%	1,145
2025	5	0.5%	777	77.5%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	1,003
2026*	3	0.3%	723	78.3%	140	15.2%	10	1.1%	26	2.8%	1	0.1%	20	2.2%	923

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%	318	76.4%	74	17.8%	5	1.2%	5	1.2%	1	0.2%	12	2.9%	416
	White (Non-Latinx)	7	1.0%	544	79.6%	98	14.3%	0	0.0%	7	1.0%	0	0.0%	27	4.0%	683
	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	5.2%	52	67.5%	17	22.1%	1	1.3%	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	2	2.6%	77
	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%	369	74.4%	96	19.4%	11	2.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	11	2.2%	496
	Latinx (Any Race)	1	0.3%	221	75.2%	67	22.8%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	1.4%	294
	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%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	13	3.6%	359
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	327	76.9%	72	16.9%	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%	844	77.4%	189	17.3%	6	0.5%	17	1.6%	1	0.1%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	286	76.5%	69	18.4%	5	1.3%	3	0.8%	0	0.0%	11	2.9%	374
	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%	187	71.1%	51	19.4%	3	1.1%	7	2.7%	0	0.0%	9	3.4%	263
	Other Race	1	1.7%	40	69.0%	17	29.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	58
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	868	75.8%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	35	3.1%	1,145
2025	Black (Non-Latinx)	2	0.6%	252	78.5%	44	13.7%	2	0.6%	10	3.1%	0	0.0%	11	3.4%	321
	White (Non-Latinx)	3	0.8%	257	68.7%	68	18.2%	6	1.6%	29	7.8%	1	0.3%	10	2.7%	374
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	214	88.1%	24	9.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	3	1.2%	243
	Other Race	0	0.0%	41	85.4%	5	10.4%	0	0.0%	2	4.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	48
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.5%	777	77.5%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	1,003
2026*	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	285	77.7%	53	14.4%	4	1.1%	14	3.8%	1	0.3%	10	2.7%	367
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	250	79.1%	55	17.4%	0	0.0%	5	1.6%	0	0.0%	6	1.9%	316
	Latinx (Any Race)	3	1.6%	143	74.9%	29	15.2%	6	3.1%	6	3.1%	0	0.0%	4	2.1%	191
	Other Race	0	0.0%	27	90.0%	3	10.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	30
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.3%	723	78.3%	140	15.2%	10	1.1%	26	2.8%	1	0.1%	20	2.2%	923

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%	135	68.2%	18	9.1%	3	1.5%	15	7.6%	1	0.5%	26	13.1%	198
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.1%	844	77.4%	189	17.3%	6	0.5%	17	1.6%	1	0.1%	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%	198	88.0%	24	10.7%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	225
	6 to 11	1	0.3%	247	82.9%	34	11.4%	6	2.0%	4	1.3%	0	0.0%	6	2.0%	298
	12 to 17	6	2.6%	158	69.6%	20	8.8%	2	0.9%	12	5.3%	1	0.4%	28	12.3%	227
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	868	75.8%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	35	3.1%	1,145
2025	0 to 2	0	0.0%	277	74.5%	88	23.7%	6	1.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	372
	3 to 5	1	0.6%	154	87.0%	19	10.7%	0	0.0%	2	1.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	177
	6 to 11	3	1.1%	233	86.9%	18	6.7%	0	0.0%	11	4.1%	0	0.0%	3	1.1%	268
	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%	777	77.5%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	1,003
2026*	0 to 2	0	0.0%	227	73.0%	81	26.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	311
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	136	83.4%	23	14.1%	2	1.2%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	163
	6 to 11	2	0.8%	217	84.4%	23	8.9%	5	1.9%	6	2.3%	1	0.4%	3	1.2%	257
	12 to 17	1	0.5%	143	74.5%	13	6.8%	2	1.0%	18	9.4%	0	0.0%	15	7.8%	192
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.3%	723	78.3%	140	15.2%	10	1.1%	26	2.8%	1	0.1%	20	2.2%	923

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%	562	78.5%	123	17.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	23	3.2%	716
	Male	10	1.2%	643	76.9%	137	16.4%	5	0.6%	12	1.4%	1	0.1%	28	3.3%	836
	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%	6	1.1%	0	0.0%	11	2.0%	545
	Male	0	0.0%	430	78.8%	80	14.7%	2	0.4%	11	2.0%	1	0.2%	22	4.0%	546
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.1%	844	77.4%	189	17.3%	6	0.5%	17	1.6%	1	0.1%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	Female	4	0.8%	397	76.8%	91	17.6%	3	0.6%	7	1.4%	1	0.2%	14	2.7%	517
	Male	6	1.0%	471	75.0%	114	18.2%	7	1.1%	9	1.4%	0	0.0%	21	3.3%	628
	ALL CHILDREN	10	0.9%	868	75.8%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	35	3.1%	1,145
2025	Female	1	0.2%	383	79.3%	67	13.9%	5	1.0%	19	3.9%	0	0.0%	8	1.7%	483
	Male	4	0.8%	394	75.8%	77	14.8%	3	0.6%	24	4.6%	1	0.2%	17	3.3%	520
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.5%	777	77.5%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	1,003
2026*	Female	2	0.5%	339	78.5%	70	16.2%	4	0.9%	13	3.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.9%	432
	Male	1	0.2%	384	78.2%	70	14.3%	6	1.2%	13	2.6%	1	0.2%	16	3.3%	491
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.3%	723	78.3%	140	15.2%	10	1.1%	26	2.8%	1	0.1%	20	2.2%	923

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%	552	77.2%	119	16.6%	4	0.6%	14	2.0%	1	0.1%	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%	844	77.4%	189	17.3%	6	0.5%	17	1.6%	1	0.1%	33	3.0%	1,091
2024	Aurora	9	1.2%	556	76.1%	132	18.1%	2	0.3%	9	1.2%	1	0.1%	22	3.0%	731
	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%	868	75.8%	205	17.9%	10	0.9%	16	1.4%	1	0.1%	35	3.1%	1,145
2025	Aurora	5	0.8%	486	75.7%	95	14.8%	6	0.9%	34	5.3%	1	0.2%	15	2.3%	642
	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%	777	77.5%	144	14.4%	8	0.8%	43	4.3%	1	0.1%	25	2.5%	1,003
2026*	Aurora	3	0.5%	412	74.5%	98	17.7%	2	0.4%	24	4.3%	1	0.2%	13	2.4%	553
	Rockford	0	0.0%	311	84.1%	42	11.4%	8	2.2%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	7	1.9%	370
	ALL CHILDREN	3	0.3%	723	78.3%	140	15.2%	10	1.1%	26	2.8%	1	0.1%	20	2.2%	923

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