Registration for the 2021 PowerUp! youth symposium is now open! On December 23, 2020 / African Canadian Families, Children, Children's Aid Societies, Featured, OACAS Events, Youth
Seven Questions Answered About the Cessation of Birth Alerts in Ontario On November 30, 2020 / Accountability, Children, Children's Aid Societies, Community Partners, Government
Three things you need to know about the newly launched OVOV Practice Framework 3 On October 30, 2020 / Accountability, African Canadian Families, Children's Aid Societies, Featured, Publications
Iona Sky recently joined OACAS as Director of Practice Transformation. Here she tells us more about herself and her new role to transform child welfare in Ontario. On October 21, 2020 / Accountability, Children, Children's Aid Societies, Featured, Youth
The practice of birth alerts in Ontario is ceasing October 15th. What’s next for child welfare agencies and their approach to working with expectant mothers? On October 13, 2020 / Accountability, Children, Children's Aid Societies, Community Partners, Featured, Government
Premier Ford joins 2020 Dress Purple Day Campaign to Remind Ontarians Help is Available On October 13, 2020 / Advocacy, Child Abuse Prevention, Children, Children's Aid Societies, Community Partners, Featured, Government, Youth
New Study Shows 42% of Ontarians Say They Need Additional Help from Social Services During the Pandemic On October 13, 2020 / Advocacy, Child Abuse Prevention, Children, Children's Aid Societies, Community Partners, Featured, Government, Publications, Research, Youth
Kinship Families: Keeping Kids Connected On September 10, 2020 / Children, Children's Aid Societies, Featured, Kinship, Permanency, Youth
A letter from Kelly to her local Children’s Aid Society’s Kin Team describing the first year with her nephew Ethan On September 5, 2020 / Children's Aid Societies, Featured, Kinship, Permanency, Youth
Research* shows that broad kin networks are directly linked to better outcomes for children and youth in the child welfare system. Here are 5 reasons why child welfare is increasingly collaborating with community members to keep children and youth safe On September 5, 2020 / Adoption, African Canadian Families, Children, Featured, Kinship, Permanency