Latest News
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October 24 is Ontario Dress Purple Day: Children’s Aid Societies’ campaign asks adults to think more carefully about how they can be helpful to the children and youth in their lives
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Jean Samuel, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at OACAS, talks about the significance of her new position for child welfare in Ontario
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The Child, Youth and Family Services Act is going to dramatically increase the number of kin families supporting vulnerable children, youth, and families. Senior Counsel Cheryl Buehler discusses how the new legislation will make this happen.
Know Your Rights
On January 1, 2020, Part X of the Child, Youth, and Family Services Act comes into force, creating a new access and privacy framework for Ontario’s child and family services sector. The Information and Privacy Commissioner will oversee these new rules for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
To raise awareness of access and privacy rights among, children, youth and families, the IPC has prepared a brochure, poster and quick reference card.
The IPC has also developed resources for service providers. These include a guide to Part X, a guide to tracking and submitting annual statistics to the IPC and reporting privacy breaches to the IPC.
A Shared Responsibility
This brochure answers common questions about how CASs work with individuals like you to support families and keep children and youth safe and well.
One Vision One Voice
The Race Equity Practices aim to improve outcomes for African Canadian children and families who come into contact with the child welfare system.
