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Stability of Permanence at Five Years (By Permanence Type)

Of all children who attained permanence during the year, the percentage that maintained permanence at five years

Data extracted on September 30, 2025.

Illinois Total		Maintained Permanence after Five Years
		Reunification			Adoption			Guardianship			Total Permanences
		Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%
2014	1,982	1,765	89.1%	1,571	1,531	97.5%	374	354	94.7%	3,927	3,650	92.9%
2015	2,135	1,870	87.6%	1,902	1,856	97.6%	484	458	94.6%	4,521	4,184	92.5%
2016	1,967	1,662	84.5%	1,627	1,576	96.9%	365	351	96.2%	3,959	3,589	90.7%
2017	1,881	1,633	86.8%	1,867	1,834	98.2%	465	435	93.5%	4,213	3,902	92.6%
2018	1,965	1,665	84.7%	1,746	1,714	98.2%	462	435	94.2%	4,173	3,814	91.4%
2019	2,273	1,876	82.5%	1,879	1,828	97.3%	397	381	96.0%	4,549	4,085	89.8%
2020	2,461	2,019	82.0%	1,540	1,496	97.1%	304	288	94.7%	4,305	3,803	88.3%

Illinois Total		Maintained Permanence after Five Years
		Reunification			Adoption			Guardianship			Total Permanences
		Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%
2014	Black (Non-Latinx)	713	637	89.3%	678	655	96.6%	169	155	91.7%	1,560	1,447	92.8%
	White (Non-Latinx)	1,030	908	88.2%	750	736	98.1%	160	154	96.3%	1,940	1,798	92.7%
	Latinx (Any Race)	155	145	93.5%	105	102	97.1%	30	30	100.0%	290	277	95.5%
	Other Race	77	68	88.3%	35	35	100.0%	14	14	100.0%	126	117	92.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,982	1,765	89.1%	1,571	1,531	97.5%	374	354	94.7%	3,927	3,650	92.9%
2015	Black (Non-Latinx)	846	762	90.1%	844	823	97.5%	248	233	94.0%	1,938	1,818	93.8%
	White (Non-Latinx)	967	829	85.7%	890	871	97.9%	174	167	96.0%	2,031	1,867	91.9%
	Latinx (Any Race)	215	190	88.4%	121	118	97.5%	40	37	92.5%	376	345	91.8%
	Other Race	98	81	82.7%	45	42	93.3%	19	19	100.0%	162	142	87.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,135	1,870	87.6%	1,902	1,856	97.6%	484	458	94.6%	4,521	4,184	92.5%
2016	Black (Non-Latinx)	803	694	86.4%	705	673	95.5%	156	151	96.8%	1,664	1,518	91.2%
	White (Non-Latinx)	887	729	82.2%	747	731	97.9%	171	163	95.3%	1,805	1,623	89.9%
	Latinx (Any Race)	189	172	91.0%	143	142	99.3%	29	28	96.6%	361	342	94.7%
	Other Race	71	53	74.6%	28	27	96.4%	6	6	100.0%	105	86	81.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,967	1,662	84.5%	1,627	1,576	96.9%	365	351	96.2%	3,959	3,589	90.7%
2017	Black (Non-Latinx)	715	645	90.2%	819	804	98.2%	206	191	92.7%	1,740	1,640	94.3%
	White (Non-Latinx)	866	737	85.1%	895	882	98.5%	200	189	94.5%	1,961	1,808	92.2%
	Latinx (Any Race)	214	178	83.2%	120	119	99.2%	47	44	93.6%	381	341	89.5%
	Other Race	72	60	83.3%	29	25	86.2%	11	10	90.9%	112	95	84.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,881	1,633	86.8%	1,867	1,834	98.2%	465	435	93.5%	4,213	3,902	92.6%
2018	Black (Non-Latinx)	781	661	84.6%	748	730	97.6%	202	186	92.1%	1,731	1,577	91.1%
	White (Non-Latinx)	865	729	84.3%	824	812	98.5%	178	170	95.5%	1,867	1,711	91.6%
	Latinx (Any Race)	245	216	88.2%	129	129	100.0%	54	52	96.3%	428	397	92.8%
	Other Race	61	47	77.0%	40	40	100.0%	26	25	96.2%	127	112	88.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,965	1,665	84.7%	1,746	1,714	98.2%	462	435	94.2%	4,173	3,814	91.4%
2019	Black (Non-Latinx)	824	693	84.1%	684	666	97.4%	179	171	95.5%	1,687	1,530	90.7%
	White (Non-Latinx)	1,122	911	81.2%	960	930	96.9%	163	157	96.3%	2,245	1,998	89.0%
	Latinx (Any Race)	204	175	85.8%	186	185	99.5%	43	41	95.3%	433	401	92.6%
	Other Race	94	72	76.6%	44	43	97.7%	10	10	100.0%	148	125	84.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,273	1,876	82.5%	1,879	1,828	97.3%	397	381	96.0%	4,549	4,085	89.8%
2020	Black (Non-Latinx)	839	688	82.0%	588	571	97.1%	124	116	93.5%	1,551	1,375	88.7%
	White (Non-Latinx)	1,255	1,015	80.9%	809	785	97.0%	138	135	97.8%	2,202	1,935	87.9%
	Latinx (Any Race)	220	191	86.8%	104	101	97.1%	33	29	87.9%	357	321	89.9%
	Other Race	116	101	87.1%	38	38	100.0%	6	5	83.3%	160	144	90.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,461	2,019	82.0%	1,540	1,496	97.1%	304	288	94.7%	4,305	3,803	88.3%

Illinois Total		Maintained Permanence after Five Years
		Reunification			Adoption			Guardianship			Total Permanences
		Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%
2014	0 to 2	415	353	85.1%	221	220	99.5%	21	18	85.7%	657	591	90.0%
	3 to 5	488	436	89.3%	554	549	99.1%	89	87	97.8%	1,131	1,072	94.8%
	6 to 11	681	611	89.7%	562	544	96.8%	144	136	94.4%	1,387	1,291	93.1%
	12 to 17	398	365	91.7%	234	218	93.2%	120	113	94.2%	752	696	92.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,982	1,765	89.1%	1,571	1,531	97.5%	374	354	94.7%	3,927	3,650	92.9%
2015	0 to 2	466	396	85.0%	275	274	99.6%	29	26	89.7%	770	696	90.4%
	3 to 5	496	431	86.9%	664	655	98.6%	97	91	93.8%	1,257	1,177	93.6%
	6 to 11	730	648	88.8%	733	712	97.1%	192	183	95.3%	1,655	1,543	93.2%
	12 to 17	443	395	89.2%	229	214	93.4%	166	158	95.2%	838	767	91.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,135	1,870	87.6%	1,902	1,856	97.6%	484	458	94.6%	4,521	4,184	92.5%
2016	0 to 2	459	366	79.7%	258	255	98.8%	25	24	96.0%	742	645	86.9%
	3 to 5	443	370	83.5%	512	504	98.4%	63	62	98.4%	1,018	936	91.9%
	6 to 11	636	545	85.7%	626	603	96.3%	136	130	95.6%	1,398	1,278	91.4%
	12 to 17	429	381	88.8%	229	212	92.6%	141	135	95.7%	799	728	91.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,967	1,662	84.5%	1,627	1,576	96.9%	365	351	96.2%	3,959	3,589	90.7%
2017	0 to 2	402	326	81.1%	332	332	100.0%	27	25	92.6%	761	683	89.8%
	3 to 5	451	401	88.9%	630	628	99.7%	75	71	94.7%	1,156	1,100	95.2%
	6 to 11	613	537	87.6%	672	649	96.6%	204	192	94.1%	1,489	1,378	92.5%
	12 to 17	415	369	88.9%	233	225	96.6%	159	147	92.5%	807	741	91.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,881	1,633	86.8%	1,867	1,834	98.2%	465	435	93.5%	4,213	3,902	92.6%
2018	0 to 2	443	358	80.8%	298	292	98.0%	35	32	91.4%	776	682	87.9%
	3 to 5	484	414	85.5%	581	577	99.3%	81	77	95.1%	1,146	1,068	93.2%
	6 to 11	639	543	85.0%	639	623	97.5%	166	161	97.0%	1,444	1,327	91.9%
	12 to 17	399	350	87.7%	228	222	97.4%	180	165	91.7%	807	737	91.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,965	1,665	84.7%	1,746	1,714	98.2%	462	435	94.2%	4,173	3,814	91.4%
2019	0 to 2	523	403	77.1%	346	342	98.8%	31	28	90.3%	900	773	85.9%
	3 to 5	525	424	80.8%	581	577	99.3%	75	73	97.3%	1,181	1,074	90.9%
	6 to 11	752	649	86.3%	673	648	96.3%	126	119	94.4%	1,551	1,416	91.3%
	12 to 17	473	400	84.6%	279	261	93.5%	165	161	97.6%	917	822	89.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,273	1,876	82.5%	1,879	1,828	97.3%	397	381	96.0%	4,549	4,085	89.8%
2020	0 to 2	566	443	78.3%	292	289	99.0%	28	27	96.4%	886	759	85.7%
	3 to 5	568	457	80.5%	501	491	98.0%	50	47	94.0%	1,119	995	88.9%
	6 to 11	825	683	82.8%	514	495	96.3%	106	97	91.5%	1,445	1,275	88.2%
	12 to 17	502	436	86.9%	233	221	94.8%	120	117	97.5%	855	774	90.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,461	2,019	82.0%	1,540	1,496	97.1%	304	288	94.7%	4,305	3,803	88.3%

Illinois Total		Maintained Permanence after Five Years
		Reunification			Adoption			Guardianship			Total Permanences
		Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%
2014	Female	912	808	88.6%	748	721	96.4%	178	167	93.8%	1,838	1,696	92.3%
	Male	1,070	957	89.4%	822	809	98.4%	196	187	95.4%	2,088	1,953	93.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,982	1,765	89.1%	1,571	1,531	97.5%	374	354	94.7%	3,927	3,650	92.9%
2015	Female	1,066	936	87.8%	933	907	97.2%	230	223	97.0%	2,229	2,066	92.7%
	Male	1,069	934	87.4%	968	948	97.9%	254	235	92.5%	2,291	2,117	92.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,135	1,870	87.6%	1,902	1,856	97.6%	484	458	94.6%	4,521	4,184	92.5%
2016	Female	923	786	85.2%	803	784	97.6%	174	167	96.0%	1,900	1,737	91.4%
	Male	1,044	876	83.9%	822	790	96.1%	191	184	96.3%	2,057	1,850	89.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,967	1,662	84.5%	1,627	1,576	96.9%	365	351	96.2%	3,959	3,589	90.7%
2017	Female	901	778	86.3%	898	887	98.8%	221	207	93.7%	2,020	1,872	92.7%
	Male	980	855	87.2%	969	947	97.7%	244	228	93.4%	2,193	2,030	92.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,881	1,633	86.8%	1,867	1,834	98.2%	465	435	93.5%	4,213	3,902	92.6%
2018	Female	910	763	83.8%	875	856	97.8%	234	222	94.9%	2,019	1,841	91.2%
	Male	1,055	902	85.5%	871	858	98.5%	228	213	93.4%	2,154	1,973	91.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,965	1,665	84.7%	1,746	1,714	98.2%	462	435	94.2%	4,173	3,814	91.4%
2019	Female	1,102	915	83.0%	917	889	96.9%	186	178	95.7%	2,205	1,982	89.9%
	Male	1,171	961	82.1%	962	939	97.6%	211	203	96.2%	2,344	2,103	89.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,273	1,876	82.5%	1,879	1,828	97.3%	397	381	96.0%	4,549	4,085	89.8%
2020	Female	1,188	968	81.5%	725	715	98.6%	143	138	96.5%	2,056	1,821	88.6%
	Male	1,273	1,051	82.6%	815	781	95.8%	161	150	93.2%	2,249	1,982	88.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,461	2,019	82.0%	1,540	1,496	97.1%	304	288	94.7%	4,305	3,803	88.3%

Illinois Total		Maintained Permanence after Five Years
		Reunification			Guardianship			Total Permanences (Reunification and Guardianship Only)
		Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%
2014	Cook	345	314	91.0%	119	116	97.5%	464	430	92.7%
	Northern	533	478	89.7%	87	81	93.1%	620	559	90.2%
	Central	689	611	88.7%	94	86	91.5%	783	697	89.0%
	Southern	415	362	87.2%	74	71	95.9%	489	433	88.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,982	1,765	89.1%	374	354	94.7%	3,927	3,650	92.9%
2015	Cook	422	366	86.7%	201	190	94.5%	623	556	89.2%
	Northern	607	551	90.8%	94	85	90.4%	701	636	90.7%
	Central	721	634	87.9%	98	96	98.0%	819	730	89.1%
	Southern	385	319	82.9%	91	87	95.6%	476	406	85.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,135	1,870	87.6%	484	458	94.6%	4,521	4,184	92.5%
2016	Cook	361	328	90.9%	122	120	98.4%	483	448	92.8%
	Northern	460	407	88.5%	99	93	93.9%	559	500	89.4%
	Central	794	646	81.4%	85	80	94.1%	879	726	82.6%
	Southern	352	281	79.8%	59	58	98.3%	411	339	82.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,967	1,662	84.5%	365	351	96.2%	3,959	3,589	90.7%
2017	Cook	380	336	88.4%	182	168	92.3%	562	504	89.7%
	Northern	412	359	87.1%	108	97	89.8%	520	456	87.7%
	Central	743	637	85.7%	113	110	97.3%	856	747	87.3%
	Southern	346	301	87.0%	62	60	96.8%	408	361	88.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,881	1,633	86.8%	465	435	93.5%	4,213	3,902	92.6%
2018	Cook	486	427	87.9%	184	175	95.1%	670	602	89.9%
	Northern	399	334	83.7%	102	94	92.2%	501	428	85.4%
	Central	684	568	83.0%	114	108	94.7%	798	676	84.7%
	Southern	396	336	84.8%	62	58	93.5%	458	394	86.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,965	1,665	84.7%	462	435	94.2%	4,173	3,814	91.4%
2019	Cook	432	380	88.0%	168	163	97.0%	600	543	90.5%
	Northern	417	332	79.6%	51	51	100.0%	468	383	81.8%
	Central	937	771	82.3%	116	107	92.2%	1,053	878	83.4%
	Southern	487	393	80.7%	62	60	96.8%	549	453	82.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,273	1,876	82.5%	397	381	96.0%	4,549	4,085	89.8%
2020	Cook	435	374	86.0%	89	79	88.8%	524	453	86.5%
	Northern	478	404	84.5%	67	64	95.5%	545	468	85.9%
	Central	993	790	79.6%	87	86	98.9%	1,080	876	81.1%
	Southern	555	451	81.3%	61	59	96.7%	616	510	82.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,461	2,019	82.0%	304	288	94.7%	4,305	3,803	88.3%

Illinois Total		Maintained Permanence after Five Years
		Reunification			Guardianship			Total Permanences (Reunification and Guardianship Only)
		Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%	Total	Stable	%
2014	Cook North	108	99	91.7%	45	45	100.0%	153	144	94.1%
	Cook Central	117	108	92.3%	43	42	97.7%	160	150	93.8%
	Cook South	120	107	89.2%	31	29	93.5%	151	136	90.1%
	Aurora	263	247	93.9%	53	49	92.5%	316	296	93.7%
	Rockford	270	231	85.6%	34	32	94.1%	304	263	86.5%
	Champaign	240	219	91.3%	22	19	86.4%	262	238	90.8%
	Peoria	320	288	90.0%	61	57	93.4%	381	345	90.6%
	Springfield	129	104	80.6%	11	10	90.9%	140	114	81.4%
	East St. Louis	175	151	86.3%	17	15	88.2%	192	166	86.5%
	Marion	240	211	87.9%	57	56	98.2%	297	267	89.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,982	1,765	89.1%	374	354	94.7%	3,927	3,650	92.9%
2015	Cook North	136	115	84.6%	78	75	96.2%	214	190	88.8%
	Cook Central	138	126	91.3%	49	48	98.0%	187	174	93.0%
	Cook South	148	125	84.5%	74	67	90.5%	222	192	86.5%
	Aurora	302	280	92.7%	42	40	95.2%	344	320	93.0%
	Rockford	305	271	88.9%	52	45	86.5%	357	316	88.5%
	Champaign	341	306	89.7%	21	20	95.2%	362	326	90.1%
	Peoria	249	216	86.7%	64	63	98.4%	313	279	89.1%
	Springfield	131	112	85.5%	13	13	100.0%	144	125	86.8%
	East St. Louis	128	102	79.7%	17	17	100.0%	145	119	82.1%
	Marion	257	217	84.4%	74	70	94.6%	331	287	86.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,135	1,870	87.6%	484	458	94.6%	4,521	4,184	92.5%
2016	Cook North	80	69	86.3%	41	41	100.0%	121	110	90.9%
	Cook Central	120	111	92.5%	26	24	92.3%	146	135	92.5%
	Cook South	161	148	91.9%	55	55	100.0%	216	203	94.0%
	Aurora	246	221	89.8%	48	45	93.8%	294	266	90.5%
	Rockford	214	186	86.9%	51	48	94.1%	265	234	88.3%
	Champaign	319	256	80.3%	27	26	96.3%	346	282	81.5%
	Peoria	335	292	87.2%	44	41	93.2%	379	333	87.9%
	Springfield	140	98	70.0%	14	13	92.9%	154	111	72.1%
	East St. Louis	98	70	71.4%	15	15	100.0%	113	85	75.2%
	Marion	254	211	83.1%	44	43	97.7%	298	254	85.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,967	1,662	84.5%	365	351	96.2%	3,959	3,589	90.7%
2017	Cook North	99	92	92.9%	35	35	100.0%	134	127	94.8%
	Cook Central	143	129	90.2%	56	50	89.3%	199	179	89.9%
	Cook South	138	115	83.3%	91	83	91.2%	229	198	86.5%
	Aurora	214	179	83.6%	81	71	87.7%	295	250	84.7%
	Rockford	198	180	90.9%	27	26	96.3%	225	206	91.6%
	Champaign	292	240	82.2%	23	22	95.7%	315	262	83.2%
	Peoria	271	245	90.4%	71	70	98.6%	342	315	92.1%
	Springfield	180	152	84.4%	19	18	94.7%	199	170	85.4%
	East St. Louis	136	122	89.7%	15	13	86.7%	151	135	89.4%
	Marion	210	179	85.2%	47	47	100.0%	257	226	87.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,881	1,633	86.8%	465	435	93.5%	4,213	3,902	92.6%
2018	Cook North	133	115	86.5%	49	49	100.0%	182	164	90.1%
	Cook Central	171	152	88.9%	46	46	100.0%	217	198	91.2%
	Cook South	182	160	87.9%	89	80	89.9%	271	240	88.6%
	Aurora	187	159	85.0%	62	59	95.2%	249	218	87.6%
	Rockford	212	175	82.5%	40	35	87.5%	252	210	83.3%
	Champaign	232	178	76.7%	22	22	100.0%	254	200	78.7%
	Peoria	268	235	87.7%	72	69	95.8%	340	304	89.4%
	Springfield	184	155	84.2%	20	17	85.0%	204	172	84.3%
	East St. Louis	166	145	87.3%	15	13	86.7%	181	158	87.3%
	Marion	230	191	83.0%	47	45	95.7%	277	236	85.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,965	1,665	84.7%	462	435	94.2%	4,173	3,814	91.4%
2019	Cook North	124	117	94.4%	54	54	100.0%	178	171	96.1%
	Cook Central	151	133	88.1%	49	49	100.0%	200	182	91.0%
	Cook South	157	130	82.8%	65	60	92.3%	222	190	85.6%
	Aurora	221	187	84.6%	36	36	100.0%	257	223	86.8%
	Rockford	196	145	74.0%	15	15	100.0%	211	160	75.8%
	Champaign	374	313	83.7%	21	19	90.5%	395	332	84.1%
	Peoria	346	281	81.2%	75	71	94.7%	421	352	83.6%
	Springfield	217	177	81.6%	20	17	85.0%	237	194	81.9%
	East St. Louis	213	171	80.3%	15	15	100.0%	228	186	81.6%
	Marion	274	222	81.0%	47	45	95.7%	321	267	83.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,273	1,876	82.5%	397	381	96.0%	4,549	4,085	89.8%
2020	Cook North	114	100	87.7%	29	24	82.8%	143	124	86.7%
	Cook Central	168	143	85.1%	23	20	87.0%	191	163	85.3%
	Cook South	153	131	85.6%	37	35	94.6%	190	166	87.4%
	Aurora	286	244	85.3%	52	49	94.2%	338	293	86.7%
	Rockford	192	160	83.3%	15	15	100.0%	207	175	84.5%
	Champaign	403	309	76.7%	19	19	100.0%	422	328	77.7%
	Peoria	352	280	79.5%	55	55	100.0%	407	335	82.3%
	Springfield	238	201	84.5%	13	12	92.3%	251	213	84.9%
	East St. Louis	231	191	82.7%	34	33	97.1%	265	224	84.5%
	Marion	324	260	80.2%	27	26	96.3%	351	286	81.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,461	2,019	82.0%	304	288	94.7%	4,305	3,803	88.3%