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 |

Marion Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Marion 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	808	581	71.9%	310	100	32.3%	1,118	681	60.9%
2020	955	639	66.9%	343	144	42.0%	1,298	783	60.3%
2021	888	588	66.2%	406	114	28.1%	1,294	702	54.3%
2022	860	586	68.1%	366	80	21.9%	1,226	666	54.3%
2023	783	504	64.4%	336	87	25.9%	1,119	591	52.8%
2024	795	539	67.8%	323	73	22.6%	1,118	612	54.7%
2025	617	414	67.1%	236	80	33.9%	853	494	57.9%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Marion Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Marion 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	193	116	60.1%	71	13	18.3%	264	129	48.9%
	Kinship	615	465	75.6%	239	87	36.4%	854	552	64.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	808	581	71.9%	310	100	32.3%	1,118	681	60.9%
2020	Traditional	246	136	55.3%	88	20	22.7%	334	156	46.7%
	Kinship	709	503	70.9%	255	124	48.6%	964	627	65.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	955	639	66.9%	343	144	42.0%	1,298	783	60.3%
2021	Traditional	209	109	52.2%	105	9	8.6%	314	118	37.6%
	Kinship	679	479	70.5%	301	105	34.9%	980	584	59.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	888	588	66.2%	406	114	28.1%	1,294	702	54.3%
2022	Traditional	200	111	55.5%	101	4	4.0%	301	115	38.2%
	Kinship	660	475	72.0%	265	76	28.7%	925	551	59.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	860	586	68.1%	366	80	21.9%	1,226	666	54.3%
2023	Traditional	194	98	50.5%	89	8	9.0%	283	106	37.5%
	Kinship	589	406	68.9%	247	79	32.0%	836	485	58.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	783	504	64.4%	336	87	25.9%	1,119	591	52.8%
2024	Traditional	160	78	48.8%	65	2	3.1%	225	80	35.6%
	Kinship	635	461	72.6%	258	71	27.5%	893	532	59.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	795	539	67.8%	323	73	22.6%	1,118	612	54.7%
2025	Traditional	128	73	57.0%	39	2	5.1%	167	75	44.9%
	Kinship	489	341	69.7%	197	78	39.6%	686	419	61.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	617	414	67.1%	236	80	33.9%	853	494	57.9%