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 |

Cook South Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Cook South 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	192	124	64.6%	105	24	22.9%	297	148	49.8%
2019	222	139	62.6%	108	43	39.8%	330	182	55.2%
2020	282	213	75.5%	199	83	41.7%	481	296	61.5%
2021	211	164	77.7%	113	60	53.1%	324	224	69.1%
2022	151	117	77.5%	77	39	50.6%	228	156	68.4%
2023	132	99	75.0%	144	50	34.7%	276	149	54.0%
2024	121	97	80.2%	64	34	53.1%	185	131	70.8%
2025*	52	40	76.9%	44	14	31.8%	96	54	56.3%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Cook South Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Cook South 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	49	20	40.8%	39	0	0.0%	88	20	22.7%
	Kinship	143	104	72.7%	66	24	36.4%	209	128	61.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	192	124	64.6%	105	24	22.9%	297	148	49.8%
2019	Traditional	40	13	32.5%	27	0	0.0%	67	13	19.4%
	Kinship	182	126	69.2%	81	43	53.1%	263	169	64.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	222	139	62.6%	108	43	39.8%	330	182	55.2%
2020	Traditional	30	18	60.0%	28	5	17.9%	58	23	39.7%
	Kinship	252	195	77.4%	171	78	45.6%	423	273	64.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	282	213	75.5%	199	83	41.7%	481	296	61.5%
2021	Traditional	25	16	64.0%	6	0	0.0%	31	16	51.6%
	Kinship	186	148	79.6%	107	60	56.1%	293	208	71.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	211	164	77.7%	113	60	53.1%	324	224	69.1%
2022	Traditional	23	21	91.3%	7	4	57.1%	30	25	83.3%
	Kinship	128	96	75.0%	70	35	50.0%	198	131	66.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	151	117	77.5%	77	39	50.6%	228	156	68.4%
2023	Traditional	31	19	61.3%	21	4	19.0%	52	23	44.2%
	Kinship	101	80	79.2%	123	46	37.4%	224	126	56.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	132	99	75.0%	144	50	34.7%	276	149	54.0%
2024	Traditional	10	4	40.0%	3	0	0.0%	13	4	30.8%
	Kinship	111	93	83.8%	61	34	55.7%	172	127	73.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	121	97	80.2%	64	34	53.1%	185	131	70.8%
2025*	Traditional	12	6	50.0%	6	0	0.0%	18	6	33.3%
	Kinship	40	34	85.0%	38	14	36.8%	78	48	61.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	52	40	76.9%	44	14	31.8%	96	54	56.3%