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 |

East St. Louis Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
East St. Louis 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	634	426	67.2%	272	74	27.2%	906	500	55.2%
2020	685	483	70.5%	300	82	27.3%	985	565	57.4%
2021	755	522	69.1%	337	121	35.9%	1,092	643	58.9%
2022	828	527	63.6%	334	115	34.4%	1,162	642	55.2%
2023	780	482	61.8%	362	87	24.0%	1,142	569	49.8%
2024	715	426	59.6%	318	66	20.8%	1,033	492	47.6%
2025	554	368	66.4%	247	69	27.9%	801	437	54.6%

| All Children | Placement Type |

East St. Louis Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
East St. Louis 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	155	87	56.1%	73	4	5.5%	228	91	39.9%
	Kinship	479	339	70.8%	199	70	35.2%	678	409	60.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	634	426	67.2%	272	74	27.2%	906	500	55.2%
2020	Traditional	140	74	52.9%	79	4	5.1%	219	78	35.6%
	Kinship	545	409	75.0%	221	78	35.3%	766	487	63.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	685	483	70.5%	300	82	27.3%	985	565	57.4%
2021	Traditional	161	90	55.9%	91	16	17.6%	252	106	42.1%
	Kinship	594	432	72.7%	246	105	42.7%	840	537	63.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	755	522	69.1%	337	121	35.9%	1,092	643	58.9%
2022	Traditional	188	92	48.9%	86	16	18.6%	274	108	39.4%
	Kinship	640	435	68.0%	248	99	39.9%	888	534	60.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	828	527	63.6%	334	115	34.4%	1,162	642	55.2%
2023	Traditional	160	78	48.8%	81	4	4.9%	241	82	34.0%
	Kinship	620	404	65.2%	281	83	29.5%	901	487	54.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	780	482	61.8%	362	87	24.0%	1,142	569	49.8%
2024	Traditional	162	84	51.9%	67	4	6.0%	229	88	38.4%
	Kinship	553	342	61.8%	251	62	24.7%	804	404	50.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	715	426	59.6%	318	66	20.8%	1,033	492	47.6%
2025	Traditional	132	69	52.3%	55	5	9.1%	187	74	39.6%
	Kinship	422	299	70.9%	192	64	33.3%	614	363	59.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	554	368	66.4%	247	69	27.9%	801	437	54.6%