CFRC: Data Center: Tables

Definition: Of all children entering substitute care and initially placed in kinship or traditional foster homes, the percentage that was placed with their siblings in their initial placement.

Denominator: The number of children entering substitute care during the fiscal year who had siblings in substitute care and were initially placed into kinship or traditional foster homes. 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 in their initial placement.

Exclusions

Youth aged 18 and older are excluded. Age is calculated as of the date the child enters substitute care.
Children with no siblings in substitute care are excluded.
Children whose legal spell is 7 or fewer days 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 December 31, 2024. All indicators are calculated based on the state fiscal year, which spans the 12-month period from July 1 to June 30. They were 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 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.

Initial Placement with Siblings

Of all children entering substitute care and initially placed in kinship or traditional foster homes, the percentage that was placed with siblings.

Change Measure

Data extracted on December 31, 2024.

Illinois Region Sub-Region County

Cook North Cook Central Cook South Aurora Rockford Champaign Peoria Springfield East St. Louis Marion

| All Children | Placement Type |

Champaign Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Champaign 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	%
2018	294	244	83.0%	101	55	54.5%	395	299	75.7%
2019	429	378	88.1%	213	123	57.7%	642	501	78.0%
2020	345	264	76.5%	204	104	51.0%	549	368	67.0%
2021	418	362	86.6%	174	98	56.3%	592	460	77.7%
2022	338	271	80.2%	103	65	63.1%	441	336	76.2%
2023	323	240	74.3%	181	106	58.6%	504	346	68.7%
2024	309	234	75.7%	154	74	48.1%	463	308	66.5%
2025*	135	106	78.5%	76	30	39.5%	211	136	64.5%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Champaign Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Champaign 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	%
2018	Traditional	55	42	76.4%	24	4	16.7%	79	46	58.2%
	Kinship	239	202	84.5%	77	51	66.2%	316	253	80.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	294	244	83.0%	101	55	54.5%	395	299	75.7%
2019	Traditional	71	52	73.2%	22	4	18.2%	93	56	60.2%
	Kinship	358	326	91.1%	191	119	62.3%	549	445	81.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	429	378	88.1%	213	123	57.7%	642	501	78.0%
2020	Traditional	57	27	47.4%	21	4	19.0%	78	31	39.7%
	Kinship	288	237	82.3%	183	100	54.6%	471	337	71.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	345	264	76.5%	204	104	51.0%	549	368	67.0%
2021	Traditional	48	31	64.6%	27	4	14.8%	75	35	46.7%
	Kinship	370	331	89.5%	147	94	63.9%	517	425	82.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	418	362	86.6%	174	98	56.3%	592	460	77.7%
2022	Traditional	53	27	50.9%	14	0	0.0%	67	27	40.3%
	Kinship	285	244	85.6%	89	65	73.0%	374	309	82.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	338	271	80.2%	103	65	63.1%	441	336	76.2%
2023	Traditional	46	18	39.1%	4	0	0.0%	50	18	36.0%
	Kinship	277	222	80.1%	177	106	59.9%	454	328	72.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	323	240	74.3%	181	106	58.6%	504	346	68.7%
2024	Traditional	42	22	52.4%	29	4	13.8%	71	26	36.6%
	Kinship	267	212	79.4%	125	70	56.0%	392	282	71.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	309	234	75.7%	154	74	48.1%	463	308	66.5%
2025*	Traditional	23	12	52.2%	9	0	0.0%	32	12	37.5%
	Kinship	112	94	83.9%	67	30	44.8%	179	124	69.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	135	106	78.5%	76	30	39.5%	211	136	64.5%