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 |

Rockford Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Rockford 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	200	154	77.0%	73	36	49.3%	273	190	69.6%
2019	278	229	82.4%	135	70	51.9%	413	299	72.4%
2020	289	207	71.6%	104	45	43.3%	393	252	64.1%
2021	309	259	83.8%	119	68	57.1%	428	327	76.4%
2022	167	125	74.9%	102	61	59.8%	269	186	69.1%
2023	225	176	78.2%	46	24	52.2%	271	200	73.8%
2024	176	129	73.3%	78	30	38.5%	254	159	62.6%
2025*	83	66	79.5%	30	13	43.3%	113	79	69.9%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Rockford Sub-Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Rockford 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	24	8	33.3%	4	0	0.0%	28	8	28.6%
	Kinship	176	146	83.0%	69	36	52.2%	245	182	74.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	200	154	77.0%	73	36	49.3%	273	190	69.6%
2019	Traditional	41	31	75.6%	23	0	0.0%	64	31	48.4%
	Kinship	237	198	83.5%	112	70	62.5%	349	268	76.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	278	229	82.4%	135	70	51.9%	413	299	72.4%
2020	Traditional	42	11	26.2%	20	0	0.0%	62	11	17.7%
	Kinship	247	196	79.4%	84	45	53.6%	331	241	72.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	289	207	71.6%	104	45	43.3%	393	252	64.1%
2021	Traditional	29	18	62.1%	2	0	0.0%	31	18	58.1%
	Kinship	280	241	86.1%	117	68	58.1%	397	309	77.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	309	259	83.8%	119	68	57.1%	428	327	76.4%
2022	Traditional	17	10	58.8%	19	8	42.1%	36	18	50.0%
	Kinship	150	115	76.7%	83	53	63.9%	233	168	72.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	167	125	74.9%	102	61	59.8%	269	186	69.1%
2023	Traditional	28	15	53.6%	12	0	0.0%	40	15	37.5%
	Kinship	197	161	81.7%	34	24	70.6%	231	185	80.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	225	176	78.2%	46	24	52.2%	271	200	73.8%
2024	Traditional	20	8	40.0%	12	0	0.0%	32	8	25.0%
	Kinship	156	121	77.6%	66	30	45.5%	222	151	68.0%
	ALL CHILDREN	176	129	73.3%	78	30	38.5%	254	159	62.6%
2025*	Traditional	6	1	16.7%	2	0	0.0%	8	1	12.5%
	Kinship	77	65	84.4%	28	13	46.4%	105	78	74.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	83	66	79.5%	30	13	43.3%	113	79	69.9%