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 |

Cook Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Cook 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	1,477	900	60.9%	875	192	21.9%	2,352	1,092	46.4%
2020	1,741	1,080	62.0%	1,064	264	24.8%	2,805	1,344	47.9%
2021	1,839	1,180	64.2%	1,128	276	24.5%	2,967	1,456	49.1%
2022	1,783	1,107	62.1%	1,032	259	25.1%	2,815	1,366	48.5%
2023	1,522	894	58.7%	991	243	24.5%	2,513	1,137	45.2%
2024	1,409	833	59.1%	727	175	24.1%	2,136	1,008	47.2%
2025	1,137	713	62.7%	552	192	34.8%	1,689	905	53.6%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Cook Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Cook 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	432	220	50.9%	292	18	6.2%	724	238	32.9%
	Kinship	1,045	680	65.1%	583	174	29.8%	1,628	854	52.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,477	900	60.9%	875	192	21.9%	2,352	1,092	46.4%
2020	Traditional	433	216	49.9%	304	13	4.3%	737	229	31.1%
	Kinship	1,308	864	66.1%	760	251	33.0%	2,068	1,115	53.9%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,741	1,080	62.0%	1,064	264	24.8%	2,805	1,344	47.9%
2021	Traditional	453	225	49.7%	309	28	9.1%	762	253	33.2%
	Kinship	1,386	955	68.9%	819	248	30.3%	2,205	1,203	54.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,839	1,180	64.2%	1,128	276	24.5%	2,967	1,456	49.1%
2022	Traditional	479	237	49.5%	259	14	5.4%	738	251	34.0%
	Kinship	1,304	870	66.7%	773	245	31.7%	2,077	1,115	53.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,783	1,107	62.1%	1,032	259	25.1%	2,815	1,366	48.5%
2023	Traditional	420	189	45.0%	224	18	8.0%	644	207	32.1%
	Kinship	1,102	705	64.0%	767	225	29.3%	1,869	930	49.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,522	894	58.7%	991	243	24.5%	2,513	1,137	45.2%
2024	Traditional	385	157	40.8%	188	7	3.7%	573	164	28.6%
	Kinship	1,024	676	66.0%	539	168	31.2%	1,563	844	54.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,409	833	59.1%	727	175	24.1%	2,136	1,008	47.2%
2025	Traditional	286	135	47.2%	139	11	7.9%	425	146	34.4%
	Kinship	851	578	67.9%	413	181	43.8%	1,264	759	60.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,137	713	62.7%	552	192	34.8%	1,689	905	53.6%