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 |

Northern Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Northern 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	941	630	67.0%	468	106	22.6%	1,409	736	52.2%
2020	1,068	739	69.2%	541	156	28.8%	1,609	895	55.6%
2021	1,185	811	68.4%	549	160	29.1%	1,734	971	56.0%
2022	1,179	790	67.0%	624	208	33.3%	1,803	998	55.4%
2023	1,235	856	69.3%	598	189	31.6%	1,833	1,045	57.0%
2024	1,149	779	67.8%	533	150	28.1%	1,682	929	55.2%
2025	914	622	68.1%	405	142	35.1%	1,319	764	57.9%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Northern Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Northern 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	288	156	54.2%	192	24	12.5%	480	180	37.5%
	Kinship	653	474	72.6%	276	82	29.7%	929	556	59.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	941	630	67.0%	468	106	22.6%	1,409	736	52.2%
2020	Traditional	295	180	61.0%	178	9	5.1%	473	189	40.0%
	Kinship	773	559	72.3%	363	147	40.5%	1,136	706	62.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,068	739	69.2%	541	156	28.8%	1,609	895	55.6%
2021	Traditional	323	188	58.2%	177	6	3.4%	500	194	38.8%
	Kinship	862	623	72.3%	372	154	41.4%	1,234	777	63.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,185	811	68.4%	549	160	29.1%	1,734	971	56.0%
2022	Traditional	307	171	55.7%	209	22	10.5%	516	193	37.4%
	Kinship	872	619	71.0%	415	186	44.8%	1,287	805	62.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,179	790	67.0%	624	208	33.3%	1,803	998	55.4%
2023	Traditional	334	191	57.2%	163	5	3.1%	497	196	39.4%
	Kinship	901	665	73.8%	435	184	42.3%	1,336	849	63.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,235	856	69.3%	598	189	31.6%	1,833	1,045	57.0%
2024	Traditional	284	143	50.4%	174	2	1.1%	458	145	31.7%
	Kinship	865	636	73.5%	359	148	41.2%	1,224	784	64.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,149	779	67.8%	533	150	28.1%	1,682	929	55.2%
2025	Traditional	262	134	51.1%	121	9	7.4%	383	143	37.3%
	Kinship	652	488	74.8%	284	133	46.8%	936	621	66.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	914	622	68.1%	405	142	35.1%	1,319	764	57.9%