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 |

Peoria Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Peoria 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	711	524	73.7%	405	122	30.1%	1,116	646	57.9%
2020	952	679	71.3%	526	201	38.2%	1,478	880	59.5%
2021	1,106	804	72.7%	515	181	35.1%	1,621	985	60.8%
2022	1,076	760	70.6%	486	143	29.4%	1,562	903	57.8%
2023	1,014	719	70.9%	457	114	24.9%	1,471	833	56.6%
2024	990	652	65.9%	417	121	29.0%	1,407	773	54.9%
2025	897	575	64.1%	308	80	26.0%	1,205	655	54.4%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Peoria Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Peoria 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	196	124	63.3%	155	22	14.2%	351	146	41.6%
	Kinship	515	400	77.7%	250	100	40.0%	765	500	65.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	711	524	73.7%	405	122	30.1%	1,116	646	57.9%
2020	Traditional	258	156	60.5%	144	22	15.3%	402	178	44.3%
	Kinship	694	523	75.4%	382	179	46.9%	1,076	702	65.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	952	679	71.3%	526	201	38.2%	1,478	880	59.5%
2021	Traditional	273	169	61.9%	171	48	28.1%	444	217	48.9%
	Kinship	833	635	76.2%	344	133	38.7%	1,177	768	65.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,106	804	72.7%	515	181	35.1%	1,621	985	60.8%
2022	Traditional	248	143	57.7%	151	25	16.6%	399	168	42.1%
	Kinship	828	617	74.5%	335	118	35.2%	1,163	735	63.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,076	760	70.6%	486	143	29.4%	1,562	903	57.8%
2023	Traditional	210	122	58.1%	125	10	8.0%	335	132	39.4%
	Kinship	804	597	74.3%	332	104	31.3%	1,136	701	61.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,014	719	70.9%	457	114	24.9%	1,471	833	56.6%
2024	Traditional	225	127	56.4%	84	0	0.0%	309	127	41.1%
	Kinship	765	525	68.6%	333	121	36.3%	1,098	646	58.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	990	652	65.9%	417	121	29.0%	1,407	773	54.9%
2025	Traditional	222	120	54.1%	75	4	5.3%	297	124	41.8%
	Kinship	675	455	67.4%	233	76	32.6%	908	531	58.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	897	575	64.1%	308	80	26.0%	1,205	655	54.4%