CFRC: Data Center: Tables

Definition: Of all children in kinship or traditional foster homes at the end of the fiscal year, the percentage that was placed with their siblings.

Denominator: The number of children in kinship or traditional foster homes at the end of the fiscal year who had siblings in substitute care. 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 at the end of the fiscal year.

Exclusions

Youth aged 18 and older are excluded. Age is calculated as of the last day of each fiscal year (June 30).
Children with no siblings in substitute care 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.

End of Year Placement with Siblings

Of all children in kinship or traditional foster homes at the end of the year, 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	5,914	4,089	69.1%	2,833	780	27.5%	8,747	4,869	55.7%
2020	6,943	4,730	68.1%	3,491	1,106	31.7%	10,434	5,836	55.9%
2021	7,389	5,061	68.5%	3,609	1,108	30.7%	10,998	6,169	56.1%
2022	7,366	4,937	67.0%	3,467	1,017	29.3%	10,833	5,954	55.0%
2023	7,017	4,600	65.6%	3,404	939	27.6%	10,421	5,539	53.2%
2024	6,717	4,335	64.5%	2,935	794	27.1%	9,652	5,129	53.1%
2025	5,430	3,525	64.9%	2,270	729	32.1%	7,700	4,254	55.2%

| 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	1,623	959	59.1%	937	116	12.4%	2,560	1,075	42.0%
	Kinship	4,291	3,130	72.9%	1,896	664	35.0%	6,187	3,794	61.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	5,914	4,089	69.1%	2,833	780	27.5%	8,747	4,869	55.7%
2020	Traditional	1,801	1,045	58.0%	978	99	10.1%	2,779	1,144	41.2%
	Kinship	5,142	3,685	71.7%	2,513	1,007	40.1%	7,655	4,692	61.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	6,943	4,730	68.1%	3,491	1,106	31.7%	10,434	5,836	55.9%
2021	Traditional	1,809	1,016	56.2%	1,025	141	13.8%	2,834	1,157	40.8%
	Kinship	5,580	4,045	72.5%	2,584	967	37.4%	8,164	5,012	61.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	7,389	5,061	68.5%	3,609	1,108	30.7%	10,998	6,169	56.1%
2022	Traditional	1,749	937	53.6%	974	116	11.9%	2,723	1,053	38.7%
	Kinship	5,617	4,000	71.2%	2,493	901	36.1%	8,110	4,901	60.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	7,366	4,937	67.0%	3,467	1,017	29.3%	10,833	5,954	55.0%
2023	Traditional	1,699	882	51.9%	809	61	7.5%	2,508	943	37.6%
	Kinship	5,318	3,718	69.9%	2,595	878	33.8%	7,913	4,596	58.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	7,017	4,600	65.6%	3,404	939	27.6%	10,421	5,539	53.2%
2024	Traditional	1,611	795	49.3%	712	27	3.8%	2,323	822	35.4%
	Kinship	5,106	3,540	69.3%	2,223	767	34.5%	7,329	4,307	58.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	6,717	4,335	64.5%	2,935	794	27.1%	9,652	5,129	53.1%
2025	Traditional	1,378	701	50.9%	564	56	9.9%	1,942	757	39.0%
	Kinship	4,052	2,824	69.7%	1,706	673	39.4%	5,758	3,497	60.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	5,430	3,525	64.9%	2,270	729	32.1%	7,700	4,254	55.2%