OACAS 2025 Pre-Budget Submission
To support the development of the 2025 Budget, the Ontario government collects input from people, businesses, industries, and organizations from across Ontario. The Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS) shares feedback with the Ontario government each year through a pre-budget submission.
One Vision One Voice: Changing Child Welfare in Ontario to Better Serve African Canadians
One Vision One Voice is a program led by the African Canadian community. It is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services through the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies and addresses the overrepresentation and experiences of disparities faced by African Canadians after coming into contact with the child welfare system.
Amidst a steady decline in foster care placement availability, OACAS launched the provincial ‘There to Care’ Campaign. With the need for foster caregivers now greater than ever, this initiative aims to underscore the vital role of foster caregivers, emphasizing their profound impact on children, youth, families, and communities.
Know Your Rights
On January 1, 2020, Part X of the Child, Youth, and Family Services Act came 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.
Child Welfare in Ontario: 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.
Watch our video to better understand child welfare…you might be surprised.
Reconciliation Journey
Watch “A Moment on the Path” a documentary about the gathering at Geneva Park and Rama First Nation where Ontario’s Children’s Aid Societies acknowledged and apologized for the harmful role child welfare has played historically, and continues to play, in the lives of Ontario Indigenous children, families, and communities.
Learn More About Child Welfare
A screener from Children’s Aid talks about her role in working with the public to keep children safe.
Your call could be the most important in a child’s life. This video explains why.
