CFRC: Data Center: Tables

Definition: Of all children entering substitute care and initially placed in kinship or traditional foster homes, the percentage that was placed with their siblings in their initial placement.

Denominator: The number of children entering substitute care during the fiscal year who had siblings in substitute care and were initially placed into kinship or traditional foster homes. Siblings are defined as children who belong to a common family based on the ID number of the family.

Numerator: The number of children placed in the same foster home as all of their siblings in substitute care in their initial placement.

Exclusions

Youth aged 18 and older are excluded. Age is calculated as of the date the child enters substitute care.
Children with no siblings in substitute care are excluded.
Children whose legal spell is 7 or fewer days are excluded.

A Note on Placement Type
Placement type was defined by two fields in the database: service type code and placement type code. In defining each placement type, the service type code was given priority over the placement type code. If a service type code was not present, placement type code was used to define a child’s placement type.

A Note on Legal Spell
A legal spell was defined as the period a child is in DCFS legal custody during an open child placement case. In other words, it is the time period that a child legally enters substitute care until the child legally exits care. Using a comprehensive list of court hearings regarding the child’s legal custody history, a table with records of the time (spell) during which a child is under DCFS custody was created. The legal status effective dates and the legal status code were used to determine the spell.

The data used to compute this measure come from the DCFS Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), and these data were extracted on September 30, 2025. All indicators are calculated based on the state fiscal year, which spans the 12-month period from July 1 to June 30.

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 Small Populations
To protect privacy and ensure statistical reliability, when the applicable population is between 1 to 5, the value is displayed as "≤ 5" and the outcome data is masked. If the applicable population is zero, the value is displayed as "0" and the outcome is also masked.

A Note on Race
If the child’s ethnicity was coded as any of the following Hispanic origin, their race/ethnicity was coded as Latinx regardless of their race code: Hispanic South American, Hispanic Cuban, Hispanic Mexican, Hispanic Puerto Rican, Hispanic Spanish Descent, Hispanic Dominican, Hispanic Central American, and Hispanic Other. If the child’s ethnicity was non-Latinx and they had more than one race code, then their race/ethnicity was defined as multiracial. If the child’s ethnicity was non-Latinx and the value of the race is Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, or multiracial, 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.

Initial Placement with Siblings

Of all children entering substitute care and initially placed in kinship or traditional foster homes, the percentage that was placed with siblings.

Change Measure

Data extracted on September 30, 2025.

Illinois Region Sub-Region County

Cook Northern Central Southern

| All Children | Placement Type |

Northern Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Northern Region		Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Total Children	Placed with All Sibs	%
2019	499	388	77.8%	217	106	48.8%	716	494	69.0%
2020	564	407	72.2%	284	132	46.5%	848	539	63.6%
2021	667	535	80.2%	321	161	50.2%	988	696	70.4%
2022	541	443	81.9%	273	135	49.5%	814	578	71.0%
2023	501	411	82.0%	203	105	51.7%	704	516	73.3%
2024	471	377	80.0%	227	134	59.0%	698	511	73.2%
2025	451	276	61.2%	169	107	63.3%	620	383	61.8%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Northern Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Northern Region		Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Children with this # of Sibs	Placed with All Sibs	%	Total Children	Placed with All Sibs	%
2019	Traditional	109	64	58.7%	74	8	10.8%	183	72	39.3%
	Kinship	390	324	83.1%	143	98	68.5%	533	422	79.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	499	388	77.8%	217	106	48.8%	716	494	69.0%
2020	Traditional	99	39	39.4%	41	0	0.0%	140	39	27.9%
	Kinship	465	368	79.1%	243	132	54.3%	708	500	70.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	564	407	72.2%	284	132	46.5%	848	539	63.6%
2021	Traditional	88	48	54.5%	47	5	10.6%	135	53	39.3%
	Kinship	579	487	84.1%	274	156	56.9%	853	643	75.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	667	535	80.2%	321	161	50.2%	988	696	70.4%
2022	Traditional	70	47	67.1%	52	8	15.4%	122	55	45.1%
	Kinship	471	396	84.1%	221	127	57.5%	692	523	75.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	541	443	81.9%	273	135	49.5%	814	578	71.0%
2023	Traditional	73	41	56.2%	30	0	0.0%	103	41	39.8%
	Kinship	428	370	86.4%	173	105	60.7%	601	475	79.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	501	411	82.0%	203	105	51.7%	704	516	73.3%
2024	Traditional	62	28	45.2%	40	5	12.5%	102	33	32.4%
	Kinship	409	349	85.3%	187	129	69.0%	596	478	80.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	471	377	80.0%	227	134	59.0%	698	511	73.2%
2025	Traditional	48	15	31.3%	13	2	15.4%	61	17	27.9%
	Kinship	403	261	64.8%	156	105	67.3%	559	366	65.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	451	276	61.2%	169	107	63.3%	620	383	61.8%