Not everyone is called to foster, and not everyone is called to adopt, but everyone is                                       for little children and

By the Numbers

18,549

Number of children, age 0-21,
in DCFS custody on 6/30/19*

*The Illinois Department of Children & Family Services Budget Briefing FY2020, 2019 Inspector General Report, and the DCFS Demographic Information of Children in Foster/Relative/Institution/Group Home Care, Data as of May 31, 2020. 

ILLINOIS NUMBERS

6,287

Number of children who entered foster care in FY'19*

423,997

Number of children, age 0-21,
in foster care as of 9/30/19**

8.4

Average age of kids in foster care as of 9/30/19**

UNITED STATES NUMBERS

21,646

The amount of children that have been in foster care
5 or more years**

**U.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,AdministrationforChildrenandFamilies,AdministrationonChildren,YouthandFamilies,Children'sBureau,https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb PreliminaryEstimatesforFY2019asofJune23,2020(27)

3

On average, children have three different foster care placements+

+Based on the latest federal statistics on foster care supplied by the states for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). See U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The AFCARS Report: Preliminary FY 2001 Estimates as of March 2003. Washington, DC: DHHS, 2003. Available online at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/publications/afcars/report8.htm.

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