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 Northern Central Southern

| All Children | Placement Type |

Central Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Central 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	2,054	1,552	75.6%	908	308	33.9%	2,962	1,860	62.8%
2020	2,494	1,789	71.7%	1,243	460	37.0%	3,737	2,249	60.2%
2021	2,722	1,960	72.0%	1,189	437	36.8%	3,911	2,397	61.3%
2022	2,716	1,927	70.9%	1,111	355	32.0%	3,827	2,282	59.6%
2023	2,697	1,864	69.1%	1,117	333	29.8%	3,814	2,197	57.6%
2024	2,649	1,758	66.4%	1,034	330	31.9%	3,683	2,088	56.7%
2025	2,208	1,408	63.8%	830	246	29.6%	3,038	1,654	54.4%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Central Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Central 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	555	380	68.5%	309	57	18.4%	864	437	50.6%
	Kinship	1,499	1,172	78.2%	599	251	41.9%	2,098	1,423	67.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,054	1,552	75.6%	908	308	33.9%	2,962	1,860	62.8%
2020	Traditional	687	439	63.9%	329	53	16.1%	1,016	492	48.4%
	Kinship	1,807	1,350	74.7%	914	407	44.5%	2,721	1,757	64.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,494	1,789	71.7%	1,243	460	37.0%	3,737	2,249	60.2%
2021	Traditional	663	404	60.9%	343	82	23.9%	1,006	486	48.3%
	Kinship	2,059	1,556	75.6%	846	355	42.0%	2,905	1,911	65.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,722	1,960	72.0%	1,189	437	36.8%	3,911	2,397	61.3%
2022	Traditional	575	326	56.7%	319	60	18.8%	894	386	43.2%
	Kinship	2,141	1,601	74.8%	792	295	37.2%	2,933	1,896	64.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,716	1,927	70.9%	1,111	355	32.0%	3,827	2,282	59.6%
2023	Traditional	591	326	55.2%	252	26	10.3%	843	352	41.8%
	Kinship	2,106	1,538	73.0%	865	307	35.5%	2,971	1,845	62.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,697	1,864	69.1%	1,117	333	29.8%	3,814	2,197	57.6%
2024	Traditional	620	333	53.7%	218	12	5.5%	838	345	41.2%
	Kinship	2,029	1,425	70.2%	816	318	39.0%	2,845	1,743	61.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,649	1,758	66.4%	1,034	330	31.9%	3,683	2,088	56.7%
2025	Traditional	570	290	50.9%	210	29	13.8%	780	319	40.9%
	Kinship	1,638	1,118	68.3%	620	217	35.0%	2,258	1,335	59.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	2,208	1,408	63.8%	830	246	29.6%	3,038	1,654	54.4%