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

Cook North Cook Central Cook South Aurora Rockford Champaign Peoria Springfield East St. Louis Marion

| All Children | Placement Type |

Aurora Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Aurora Sub-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	511	346	67.7%	279	48	17.2%	790	394	49.9%
2020	632	452	71.5%	347	108	31.1%	979	560	57.2%
2021	711	493	69.3%	370	107	28.9%	1,081	600	55.5%
2022	807	542	67.2%	414	134	32.4%	1,221	676	55.4%
2023	855	596	69.7%	447	152	34.0%	1,302	748	57.5%
2024	791	512	64.7%	369	115	31.2%	1,160	627	54.1%
2025	623	422	67.7%	300	112	37.3%	923	534	57.9%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Aurora Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Aurora Sub-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	186	100	53.8%	131	10	7.6%	317	110	34.7%
	Kinship	325	246	75.7%	148	38	25.7%	473	284	60.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	511	346	67.7%	279	48	17.2%	790	394	49.9%
2020	Traditional	189	118	62.4%	111	4	3.6%	300	122	40.7%
	Kinship	443	334	75.4%	236	104	44.1%	679	438	64.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	632	452	71.5%	347	108	31.1%	979	560	57.2%
2021	Traditional	225	132	58.7%	122	2	1.6%	347	134	38.6%
	Kinship	486	361	74.3%	248	105	42.3%	734	466	63.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	711	493	69.3%	370	107	28.9%	1,081	600	55.5%
2022	Traditional	228	128	56.1%	135	2	1.5%	363	130	35.8%
	Kinship	579	414	71.5%	279	132	47.3%	858	546	63.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	807	542	67.2%	414	134	32.4%	1,221	676	55.4%
2023	Traditional	234	135	57.7%	107	2	1.9%	341	137	40.2%
	Kinship	621	461	74.2%	340	150	44.1%	961	611	63.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	855	596	69.7%	447	152	34.0%	1,302	748	57.5%
2024	Traditional	199	89	44.7%	120	2	1.7%	319	91	28.5%
	Kinship	592	423	71.5%	249	113	45.4%	841	536	63.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	791	512	64.7%	369	115	31.2%	1,160	627	54.1%
2025	Traditional	172	86	50.0%	91	9	9.9%	263	95	36.1%
	Kinship	451	336	74.5%	209	103	49.3%	660	439	66.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	623	422	67.7%	300	112	37.3%	923	534	57.9%