Looking After Children

Looking After Children (LAC) is an international initiative within child welfare that has had an important impact on promoting monitoring of outcomes for children and youth. The Ministry of Children and Youth Services’ policy directive issued in August 2006 requires all Children’s Aid Societies in Ontario to implement LAC starting in December 2007. OACAS and the OnLAC Council have provided oversight and guidance to agencies during this implementation phase and almost all CASs have started using Looking After Children. The LAC approach assists agencies to ensure children in Ontario are cared for according to evidence-based best practices.  The data generated by LAC enables the child welfare field to measure outcomes for all the children in long term out-of-home care in Ontario.