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

| All Children | Placement Type |

Illinois Total		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Illinois Total		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	2,772	2,231	80.5%	1,262	629	49.8%	4,034	2,860	70.9%
2020	2,985	2,301	77.1%	1,612	747	46.3%	4,597	3,048	66.3%
2021	2,961	2,414	81.5%	1,289	626	48.6%	4,250	3,040	71.5%
2022	2,345	1,877	80.0%	1,043	537	51.5%	3,388	2,414	71.3%
2023	2,232	1,720	77.1%	1,142	562	49.2%	3,374	2,282	67.6%
2024	2,217	1,718	77.5%	1,073	549	51.2%	3,290	2,267	68.9%
2025	2,013	1,315	65.3%	951	454	47.7%	2,964	1,769	59.7%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Illinois Total		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Illinois Total		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	500	315	63.0%	238	24	10.1%	738	339	45.9%
	Kinship	2,272	1,916	84.3%	1,024	605	59.1%	3,296	2,521	76.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,772	2,231	80.5%	1,262	629	49.8%	4,034	2,860	70.9%
2020	Traditional	479	244	50.9%	229	20	8.7%	708	264	37.3%
	Kinship	2,506	2,057	82.1%	1,383	727	52.6%	3,889	2,784	71.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,985	2,301	77.1%	1,612	747	46.3%	4,597	3,048	66.3%
2021	Traditional	380	208	54.7%	142	20	14.1%	522	228	43.7%
	Kinship	2,581	2,206	85.5%	1,147	606	52.8%	3,728	2,812	75.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,961	2,414	81.5%	1,289	626	48.6%	4,250	3,040	71.5%
2022	Traditional	300	168	56.0%	153	16	10.5%	453	184	40.6%
	Kinship	2,045	1,709	83.6%	890	521	58.5%	2,935	2,230	76.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,345	1,877	80.0%	1,043	537	51.5%	3,388	2,414	71.3%
2023	Traditional	342	181	52.9%	117	8	6.8%	459	189	41.2%
	Kinship	1,890	1,539	81.4%	1,025	554	54.0%	2,915	2,093	71.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,232	1,720	77.1%	1,142	562	49.2%	3,374	2,282	67.6%
2024	Traditional	272	133	48.9%	157	20	12.7%	429	153	35.7%
	Kinship	1,945	1,585	81.5%	916	529	57.8%	2,861	2,114	73.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,217	1,718	77.5%	1,073	549	51.2%	3,290	2,267	68.9%
2025	Traditional	257	128	49.8%	109	23	21.1%	366	151	41.3%
	Kinship	1,756	1,187	67.6%	842	431	51.2%	2,598	1,618	62.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,013	1,315	65.3%	951	454	47.7%	2,964	1,769	59.7%