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 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.

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 December 31, 2024.

Illinois Region Sub-Region County

Cook Northern Central Southern

| All Children | Placement Type |

Southern Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Southern 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	1,230	841	68.4%	421	124	29.5%	1,651	965	58.4%
2019	1,445	1,008	69.8%	586	178	30.4%	2,031	1,186	58.4%
2020	1,655	1,135	68.6%	648	231	35.6%	2,303	1,366	59.3%
2021	1,640	1,112	67.8%	738	231	31.3%	2,378	1,343	56.5%
2022	1,688	1,115	66.1%	712	191	26.8%	2,400	1,306	54.4%
2023	1,580	998	63.2%	707	177	25.0%	2,287	1,175	51.4%
2024	1,516	967	63.8%	647	143	22.1%	2,163	1,110	51.3%
2025*	1,399	894	63.9%	619	181	29.2%	2,018	1,075	53.3%

| All Children | Placement Type |

Southern Region		1 or 2 Siblings in Care			3 or More Siblings in Care			Total Children
Southern 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	355	195	54.9%	124	13	10.5%	479	208	43.4%
	Kinship	875	646	73.8%	297	111	37.4%	1,172	757	64.6%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,230	841	68.4%	421	124	29.5%	1,651	965	58.4%
2019	Traditional	348	203	58.3%	144	17	11.8%	492	220	44.7%
	Kinship	1,097	805	73.4%	442	161	36.4%	1,539	966	62.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,445	1,008	69.8%	586	178	30.4%	2,031	1,186	58.4%
2020	Traditional	390	212	54.4%	168	24	14.3%	558	236	42.3%
	Kinship	1,265	923	73.0%	480	207	43.1%	1,745	1,130	64.8%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,655	1,135	68.6%	648	231	35.6%	2,303	1,366	59.3%
2021	Traditional	370	200	54.1%	196	25	12.8%	566	225	39.8%
	Kinship	1,270	912	71.8%	542	206	38.0%	1,812	1,118	61.7%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,640	1,112	67.8%	738	231	31.3%	2,378	1,343	56.5%
2022	Traditional	390	209	53.6%	192	20	10.4%	582	229	39.3%
	Kinship	1,298	906	69.8%	520	171	32.9%	1,818	1,077	59.2%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,688	1,115	66.1%	712	191	26.8%	2,400	1,306	54.4%
2023	Traditional	352	174	49.4%	171	12	7.0%	523	186	35.6%
	Kinship	1,228	824	67.1%	536	165	30.8%	1,764	989	56.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,580	998	63.2%	707	177	25.0%	2,287	1,175	51.4%
2024	Traditional	322	163	50.6%	134	6	4.5%	456	169	37.1%
	Kinship	1,194	804	67.3%	513	137	26.7%	1,707	941	55.1%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,516	967	63.8%	647	143	22.1%	2,163	1,110	51.3%
2025*	Traditional	286	161	56.3%	140	18	12.9%	426	179	42.0%
	Kinship	1,113	733	65.9%	479	163	34.0%	1,592	896	56.3%
	ALL CHILDREN	1,399	894	63.9%	619	181	29.2%	2,018	1,075	53.3%