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Initial Placement Types

Initial placement types for children entering substitute care during the year.

Data extracted on December 31, 2024.

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Rockford Sub-Region		Initial Placement Type
		Home of Parents		Kinship Foster Home		Traditional Foster Home		Specialized Foster Home		Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Home		Group Home		Institution		Total Children Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	0	0.0%	345	77.4%	79	17.7%	7	1.6%	6	1.3%	0	0.0%	9	2.0%	446
2019	9	1.5%	458	78.0%	101	17.2%	6	1.0%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	8	1.4%	587
2020	1	0.2%	441	78.8%	100	17.9%	5	0.9%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	10	1.8%	560
2021	5	0.8%	537	85.1%	72	11.4%	5	0.8%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	11	1.7%	631
2022	2	0.5%	331	78.1%	69	16.3%	11	2.6%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	7	1.7%	424
2023	0	0.0%	325	78.5%	74	17.9%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.4%	414
2024	1	0.2%	329	77.4%	70	16.5%	7	1.6%	5	1.2%	0	0.0%	13	3.1%	425
2025*	2	1.1%	152	81.7%	20	10.8%	1	0.5%	6	3.2%	0	0.0%	5	2.7%	186

Rockford Sub-Region		Initial Placement Type
		Home of Parents		Kinship Foster Home		Traditional Foster Home		Specialized Foster Home		Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Home		Group Home		Institution		Total Children Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	133	77.8%	32	18.7%	1	0.6%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	4	2.3%	171
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	160	75.5%	39	18.4%	4	1.9%	4	1.9%	0	0.0%	5	2.4%	212
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	22	71.0%	7	22.6%	1	3.2%	1	3.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	31
	Other Race	0	0.0%	25	96.2%	0	0.0%	1	3.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	26
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	345	77.4%	79	17.7%	7	1.6%	6	1.3%	0	0.0%	9	2.0%	446
2019	Black (Non-Latinx)	6	2.4%	184	74.8%	47	19.1%	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	1	0.4%	5	2.0%	246
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	211	81.5%	41	15.8%	4	1.5%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	259
	Latinx (Any Race)	3	6.1%	35	71.4%	9	18.4%	1	2.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	2.0%	49
	Other Race	0	0.0%	23	88.5%	3	11.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	26
	ALL CHILDREN	9	1.5%	458	78.0%	101	17.2%	6	1.0%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	8	1.4%	587
2020	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	171	78.1%	39	17.8%	4	1.8%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	4	1.8%	219
	White (Non-Latinx)	1	0.4%	190	78.2%	44	18.1%	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	5	2.1%	243
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	47	81.0%	10	17.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.7%	58
	Other Race	0	0.0%	28	84.8%	5	15.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	33
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	441	78.8%	100	17.9%	5	0.9%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	10	1.8%	560
2021	Black (Non-Latinx)	1	0.5%	174	86.1%	21	10.4%	3	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.5%	202
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	277	86.6%	37	11.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	5	1.6%	320
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	49	87.5%	5	8.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	3.6%	56
	Other Race	4	8.9%	30	66.7%	8	17.8%	2	4.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	2.2%	45
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.8%	537	85.1%	72	11.4%	5	0.8%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	11	1.7%	631
2022	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	103	85.1%	13	10.7%	1	0.8%	1	0.8%	0	0.0%	3	2.5%	121
	White (Non-Latinx)	2	0.9%	158	74.9%	37	17.5%	9	4.3%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	3	1.4%	211
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	49	74.2%	16	24.2%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	66
	Other Race	0	0.0%	17	85.0%	3	15.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	20
	ALL CHILDREN	2	0.5%	331	78.1%	69	16.3%	11	2.6%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	7	1.7%	424
2023	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	114	75.0%	33	21.7%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	4	2.6%	152
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	147	80.8%	28	15.4%	2	1.1%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	4	2.2%	182
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	36	78.3%	8	17.4%	0	0.0%	1	2.2%	0	0.0%	1	2.2%	46
	Other Race	0	0.0%	23	85.2%	3	11.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	3.7%	27
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	325	78.5%	74	17.9%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.4%	414
2024	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	126	77.3%	24	14.7%	4	2.5%	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	7	4.3%	163
	White (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	154	81.1%	28	14.7%	1	0.5%	3	1.6%	0	0.0%	4	2.1%	190
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	29	69.0%	10	23.8%	2	4.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	2.4%	42
	Other Race	1	4.5%	15	68.2%	6	27.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	22
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	329	77.4%	70	16.5%	7	1.6%	5	1.2%	0	0.0%	13	3.1%	425
2025*	Black (Non-Latinx)	0	0.0%	54	88.5%	2	3.3%	1	1.6%	1	1.6%	0	0.0%	3	4.9%	61
	White (Non-Latinx)	2	2.1%	74	76.3%	15	15.5%	0	0.0%	5	5.2%	0	0.0%	1	1.0%	97
	Latinx (Any Race)	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12
	Other Race	0	0.0%	10	83.3%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12
	ALL CHILDREN	2	1.1%	152	81.7%	20	10.8%	1	0.5%	6	3.2%	0	0.0%	5	2.7%	186

Rockford Sub-Region		Initial Placement Type
		Home of Parents		Kinship Foster Home		Traditional Foster Home		Specialized Foster Home		Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Home		Group Home		Institution		Total Children Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	0 to 2	0	0.0%	140	71.1%	55	27.9%	2	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	197
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	62	88.6%	8	11.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	70
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	87	86.1%	8	7.9%	3	3.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	3.0%	101
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	56	71.8%	8	10.3%	2	2.6%	6	7.7%	0	0.0%	6	7.7%	78
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	345	77.4%	79	17.7%	7	1.6%	6	1.3%	0	0.0%	9	2.0%	446
2019	0 to 2	3	1.5%	149	73.0%	50	24.5%	2	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	204
	3 to 5	4	3.0%	112	83.0%	19	14.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	135
	6 to 11	2	1.3%	127	81.9%	24	15.5%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	155
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	70	75.3%	8	8.6%	3	3.2%	4	4.3%	0	0.0%	8	8.6%	93
	ALL CHILDREN	9	1.5%	458	78.0%	101	17.2%	6	1.0%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	8	1.4%	587
2020	0 to 2	1	0.4%	193	76.6%	55	21.8%	3	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	252
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	84	80.0%	21	20.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	105
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	97	81.5%	20	16.8%	1	0.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.8%	119
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	67	79.8%	4	4.8%	1	1.2%	3	3.6%	0	0.0%	9	10.7%	84
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	441	78.8%	100	17.9%	5	0.9%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	10	1.8%	560
2021	0 to 2	1	0.4%	196	79.7%	45	18.3%	4	1.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	246
	3 to 5	1	0.9%	104	91.2%	8	7.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.9%	114
	6 to 11	2	1.2%	145	89.5%	13	8.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.2%	162
	12 to 17	1	0.9%	92	84.4%	6	5.5%	1	0.9%	1	0.9%	0	0.0%	8	7.3%	109
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.8%	537	85.1%	72	11.4%	5	0.8%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	11	1.7%	631
2022	0 to 2	0	0.0%	124	71.7%	45	26.0%	4	2.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	173
	3 to 5	1	1.2%	72	84.7%	9	10.6%	3	3.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	85
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	81	87.1%	9	9.7%	2	2.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.1%	93
	12 to 17	1	1.4%	54	74.0%	6	8.2%	2	2.7%	3	4.1%	1	1.4%	6	8.2%	73
	ALL CHILDREN	2	0.5%	331	78.1%	69	16.3%	11	2.6%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	7	1.7%	424
2023	0 to 2	0	0.0%	114	71.3%	43	26.9%	2	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	160
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	73	85.9%	12	14.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	85
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	88	86.3%	13	12.7%	0	0.0%	1	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	102
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	50	74.6%	6	9.0%	0	0.0%	2	3.0%	0	0.0%	9	13.4%	67
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	325	78.5%	74	17.9%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.4%	414
2024	0 to 2	0	0.0%	107	69.0%	47	30.3%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	155
	3 to 5	0	0.0%	72	88.9%	7	8.6%	1	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.2%	81
	6 to 11	0	0.0%	89	78.8%	15	13.3%	5	4.4%	2	1.8%	0	0.0%	2	1.8%	113
	12 to 17	1	1.3%	61	80.3%	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	3	3.9%	0	0.0%	10	13.2%	76
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	329	77.4%	70	16.5%	7	1.6%	5	1.2%	0	0.0%	13	3.1%	425
2025*	0 to 2	0	0.0%	63	85.1%	9	12.2%	1	1.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.4%	74
	3 to 5	1	3.1%	27	84.4%	4	12.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	32
	6 to 11	1	2.4%	36	87.8%	3	7.3%	0	0.0%	1	2.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	41
	12 to 17	0	0.0%	26	66.7%	4	10.3%	0	0.0%	5	12.8%	0	0.0%	4	10.3%	39
	ALL CHILDREN	2	1.1%	152	81.7%	20	10.8%	1	0.5%	6	3.2%	0	0.0%	5	2.7%	186

Rockford Sub-Region		Initial Placement Type
		Home of Parents		Kinship Foster Home		Traditional Foster Home		Specialized Foster Home		Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Home		Group Home		Institution		Total Children Entering Substitute Care
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children Entering Substitute Care
2018	Female	0	0.0%	187	80.6%	37	15.9%	5	2.2%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	232
	Male	0	0.0%	158	73.8%	42	19.6%	2	0.9%	4	1.9%	0	0.0%	8	3.7%	214
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	345	77.4%	79	17.7%	7	1.6%	6	1.3%	0	0.0%	9	2.0%	446
2019	Female	5	1.8%	218	77.6%	50	17.8%	3	1.1%	2	0.7%	1	0.4%	2	0.7%	281
	Male	4	1.3%	240	78.4%	51	16.7%	3	1.0%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	6	2.0%	306
	ALL CHILDREN	9	1.5%	458	78.0%	101	17.2%	6	1.0%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	8	1.4%	587
2020	Female	0	0.0%	228	79.2%	53	18.4%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	3	1.0%	288
	Male	1	0.4%	213	78.3%	47	17.3%	3	1.1%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	7	2.6%	272
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	441	78.8%	100	17.9%	5	0.9%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	10	1.8%	560
2021	Female	2	0.7%	244	86.5%	32	11.3%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.1%	282
	Male	3	0.9%	293	84.0%	40	11.5%	4	1.1%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	8	2.3%	349
	ALL CHILDREN	5	0.8%	537	85.1%	72	11.4%	5	0.8%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	11	1.7%	631
2022	Female	2	0.9%	176	81.1%	30	13.8%	4	1.8%	3	1.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	217
	Male	0	0.0%	155	74.9%	39	18.8%	7	3.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	5	2.4%	207
	ALL CHILDREN	2	0.5%	331	78.1%	69	16.3%	11	2.6%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	7	1.7%	424
2023	Female	0	0.0%	164	75.9%	46	21.3%	2	0.9%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	216
	Male	0	0.0%	161	81.3%	28	14.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	8	4.0%	198
	ALL CHILDREN	0	0.0%	325	78.5%	74	17.9%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	10	2.4%	414
2024	Female	0	0.0%	161	78.2%	36	17.5%	3	1.5%	2	1.0%	0	0.0%	4	1.9%	206
	Male	1	0.5%	168	76.7%	34	15.5%	4	1.8%	3	1.4%	0	0.0%	9	4.1%	219
	ALL CHILDREN	1	0.2%	329	77.4%	70	16.5%	7	1.6%	5	1.2%	0	0.0%	13	3.1%	425
2025*	Female	2	2.3%	71	82.6%	9	10.5%	1	1.2%	1	1.2%	0	0.0%	2	2.3%	86
	Male	0	0.0%	81	81.0%	11	11.0%	0	0.0%	5	5.0%	0	0.0%	3	3.0%	100
	ALL CHILDREN	2	1.1%	152	81.7%	20	10.8%	1	0.5%	6	3.2%	0	0.0%	5	2.7%	186