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 |

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	%
2018	313	276	88.2%	171	110	64.3%	484	386	79.8%
2019	342	272	79.5%	162	86	53.1%	504	358	71.0%
2020	420	336	80.0%	250	109	43.6%	670	445	66.4%
2021	415	327	78.8%	172	90	52.3%	587	417	71.0%
2022	330	270	81.8%	150	71	47.3%	480	341	71.0%
2023	302	225	74.5%	128	69	53.9%	430	294	68.4%
2024	361	270	74.8%	147	84	57.1%	508	354	69.7%
2025*	191	153	80.1%	85	34	40.0%	276	187	67.8%

| 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	%
2018	Traditional	78	68	87.2%	52	12	23.1%	130	80	61.5%
	Kinship	235	208	88.5%	119	98	82.4%	354	306	86.4%
	ALL CHILDREN	313	276	88.2%	171	110	64.3%	484	386	79.8%
2019	Traditional	60	41	68.3%	43	8	18.6%	103	49	47.6%
	Kinship	282	231	81.9%	119	78	65.5%	401	309	77.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	342	272	79.5%	162	86	53.1%	504	358	71.0%
2020	Traditional	61	33	54.1%	32	2	6.3%	93	35	37.6%
	Kinship	359	303	84.4%	218	107	49.1%	577	410	71.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	420	336	80.0%	250	109	43.6%	670	445	66.4%
2021	Traditional	63	30	47.6%	12	0	0.0%	75	30	40.0%
	Kinship	352	297	84.4%	160	90	56.3%	512	387	75.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	415	327	78.8%	172	90	52.3%	587	417	71.0%
2022	Traditional	32	22	68.8%	24	0	0.0%	56	22	39.3%
	Kinship	298	248	83.2%	126	71	56.3%	424	319	75.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	330	270	81.8%	150	71	47.3%	480	341	71.0%
2023	Traditional	63	38	60.3%	14	0	0.0%	77	38	49.4%
	Kinship	239	187	78.2%	114	69	60.5%	353	256	72.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	302	225	74.5%	128	69	53.9%	430	294	68.4%
2024	Traditional	46	24	52.2%	19	0	0.0%	65	24	36.9%
	Kinship	315	246	78.1%	128	84	65.6%	443	330	74.5%
	ALL CHILDREN	361	270	74.8%	147	84	57.1%	508	354	69.7%
2025*	Traditional	24	17	70.8%	13	0	0.0%	37	17	45.9%
	Kinship	167	136	81.4%	72	34	47.2%	239	170	71.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	191	153	80.1%	85	34	40.0%	276	187	67.8%