CFRC: Data Center: Tables

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Number of Children in Substitute Care at the End of the Year

Definition: Placement types for children in substitute care at the end of the fiscal year. Placement types include home of parents (HMP), kinship foster homes, traditional foster homes, specialized foster homes, emergency shelters or emergency foster care, group homes (GRH), and institutions.

The Kinship Foster Home category includes Delegated Relative Authority (DRA) and Home of Relative (HMR). The Traditional Foster Home category includes Foster Home Boarding DCFS (FHB), Foster Home Indian (FHI), Foster Home Boarding Private Agency (FHP), and Foster Home Adoption (FHA). The Specialized Foster Home category includes Foster Home Specialized (FHS) and Foster Home Treatment (FHT). The Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Care category includes Youth Emergency Shelters (YES), Agency Foster Care/Shelter Care, Emergency Shelters Institutions, Emergency Shelters Group Homes, and Emergency Foster Care (EFC). The Institution category includes Detention Facility/Jail (DET), Institution DCFS (ICF), Institution Department of Corrections (IDC), Institution Department of Mental Health (IMH), Institution Private Child Care Facility (IPA), Institution Rehabilitation Services (IRS), and Nursing Care Facility (NCF).

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 value of the primary race is Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, 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.

The data used to compute this measure come from two Illinois DCFS data systems: the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) and the Child and Youth Centered Information System (CYCIS). Both the SACWIS data and the CYCIS data were extracted on December 31, 2023. They were calculated based on the state fiscal year, which spans the 12-month period from July 1 to June 30.

Initial Placement Types

Definition: Initial placement types for children entering substitute care during the year. Initial placement types include home of parents (HMP), kinship foster homes, traditional foster homes, specialized foster homes, emergency shelters or emergency foster care, and group homes or institutions.

The Kinship Foster Home category includes Delegated Relative Authority (DRA) and Home of Relative (HMR). The Traditional Foster Home category includes Foster Home Boarding DCFS (FHB), Foster Home Indian (FHI), Foster Home Boarding Private Agency (FHP), and Foster Home Adoption (FHA). The Specialized Foster Home category includes Foster Home Specialized (FHS) and Foster Home Treatment (FHT). The Emergency Shelter or Emergency Foster Care category includes Youth Emergency Shelters (YES), Agency Foster Care/Shelter Care, Emergency Shelters Institutions, Emergency Shelters Group Homes, and Emergency Foster Care (EFC). The Group Home or Institution category includes Group Home (GRH), Detention Facility/Jail (DET), Institution DCFS (ICF), Institution Department of Corrections (IDC), Institution Department of Mental Health (IMH), Institution Private Child Care Facility (IPA), Institution Rehabilitation Services (IRS), and Nursing Care Facility (NCF).

Exclusions
Children who enter care and stay 7 days or fewer are excluded.

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 value of the primary race is Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, 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.

The data used to compute this measure come from two Illinois DCFS data systems: the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) and the Child and Youth Centered Information System (CYCIS). Both the SACWIS data and the CYCIS data were extracted on December 31, 2023. They were calculated based on the state fiscal year, which spans the 12-month period from July 1 to June 30.

Cook County	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 in Substitute Care at End of Year
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Children in Substitute Care at End of Year
2017	124	3.0%	1,954	47.1%	925	22.3%	883	21.3%	21	0.5%	30	0.7%	211	5.1%	4,148
2018	117	2.9%	1,855	46.3%	884	22.1%	876	21.9%	26	0.6%	28	0.7%	219	5.5%	4,005
2019	150	3.7%	1,932	47.7%	832	20.5%	855	21.1%	9	0.2%	34	0.8%	237	5.9%	4,049
2020	90	1.9%	2,597	55.4%	815	17.4%	898	19.1%	23	0.5%	28	0.6%	240	5.1%	4,691
2021	60	1.3%	2,792	58.5%	789	16.5%	848	17.8%	24	0.5%	25	0.5%	231	4.8%	4,769
2022	55	1.2%	2,704	58.8%	790	17.2%	781	17.0%	39	0.8%	23	0.5%	207	4.5%	4,599
2023	56	1.3%	2,401	54.9%	756	17.3%	855	19.6%	51	1.2%	18	0.4%	233	5.3%	4,370
2024*	56	1.3%	2,335	54.6%	736	17.2%	840	19.6%	66	1.5%	17	0.4%	225	5.3%	4,275

Data Center

Note: For county-level data, if you are interested in breakdowns of race, age, and gender, please email danzap@illinois.edu.