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 |

Champaign Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Champaign 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	717	559	78.0%	264	110	41.7%	981	669	68.2%
2020	788	568	72.1%	359	134	37.3%	1,147	702	61.2%
2021	880	641	72.8%	350	163	46.6%	1,230	804	65.4%
2022	925	667	72.1%	287	100	34.8%	1,212	767	63.3%
2023	923	608	65.9%	323	107	33.1%	1,246	715	57.4%
2024	910	614	67.5%	328	102	31.1%	1,238	716	57.8%
2025	719	474	65.9%	289	100	34.6%	1,008	574	56.9%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Champaign Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Champaign 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	166	120	72.3%	72	16	22.2%	238	136	57.1%
	Kinship	551	439	79.7%	192	94	49.0%	743	533	71.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	717	559	78.0%	264	110	41.7%	981	669	68.2%
2020	Traditional	243	164	67.5%	70	12	17.1%	313	176	56.2%
	Kinship	545	404	74.1%	289	122	42.2%	834	526	63.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	788	568	72.1%	359	134	37.3%	1,147	702	61.2%
2021	Traditional	213	132	62.0%	82	13	15.9%	295	145	49.2%
	Kinship	667	509	76.3%	268	150	56.0%	935	659	70.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	880	641	72.8%	350	163	46.6%	1,230	804	65.4%
2022	Traditional	191	107	56.0%	78	21	26.9%	269	128	47.6%
	Kinship	734	560	76.3%	209	79	37.8%	943	639	67.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	925	667	72.1%	287	100	34.8%	1,212	767	63.3%
2023	Traditional	222	110	49.5%	68	13	19.1%	290	123	42.4%
	Kinship	701	498	71.0%	255	94	36.9%	956	592	61.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	923	608	65.9%	323	107	33.1%	1,246	715	57.4%
2024	Traditional	230	122	53.0%	76	2	2.6%	306	124	40.5%
	Kinship	680	492	72.4%	252	100	39.7%	932	592	63.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	910	614	67.5%	328	102	31.1%	1,238	716	57.8%
2025	Traditional	189	103	54.5%	89	21	23.6%	278	124	44.6%
	Kinship	530	371	70.0%	200	79	39.5%	730	450	61.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	719	474	65.9%	289	100	34.6%	1,008	574	56.9%