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 |

Springfield Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Springfield 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	626	469	74.9%	239	76	31.8%	865	545	63.0%
2020	754	542	71.9%	358	125	34.9%	1,112	667	60.0%
2021	736	515	70.0%	324	93	28.7%	1,060	608	57.4%
2022	715	500	69.9%	338	112	33.1%	1,053	612	58.1%
2023	760	537	70.7%	337	112	33.2%	1,097	649	59.2%
2024	749	492	65.7%	289	107	37.0%	1,038	599	57.7%
2025	592	359	60.6%	233	66	28.3%	825	425	51.5%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Springfield Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Springfield 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	136	70.5%	82	19	23.2%	275	155	56.4%
	Kinship	433	333	76.9%	157	57	36.3%	590	390	66.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	626	469	74.9%	239	76	31.8%	865	545	63.0%
2020	Traditional	186	119	64.0%	115	19	16.5%	301	138	45.8%
	Kinship	568	423	74.5%	243	106	43.6%	811	529	65.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	754	542	71.9%	358	125	34.9%	1,112	667	60.0%
2021	Traditional	177	103	58.2%	90	21	23.3%	267	124	46.4%
	Kinship	559	412	73.7%	234	72	30.8%	793	484	61.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	736	515	70.0%	324	93	28.7%	1,060	608	57.4%
2022	Traditional	136	76	55.9%	90	14	15.6%	226	90	39.8%
	Kinship	579	424	73.2%	248	98	39.5%	827	522	63.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	715	500	69.9%	338	112	33.1%	1,053	612	58.1%
2023	Traditional	159	94	59.1%	59	3	5.1%	218	97	44.5%
	Kinship	601	443	73.7%	278	109	39.2%	879	552	62.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	760	537	70.7%	337	112	33.2%	1,097	649	59.2%
2024	Traditional	165	84	50.9%	58	10	17.2%	223	94	42.2%
	Kinship	584	408	69.9%	231	97	42.0%	815	505	62.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	749	492	65.7%	289	107	37.0%	1,038	599	57.7%
2025	Traditional	159	67	42.1%	46	4	8.7%	205	71	34.6%
	Kinship	433	292	67.4%	187	62	33.2%	620	354	57.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	592	359	60.6%	233	66	28.3%	825	425	51.5%