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Adoption Awareness Month 2020
Children and youth deserve a family that is a good fit for them – a family that can provide a safe, nurturing, and loving environment in which the child can grow up and flourish.
Our Adoption Team knows and lives...
READ MOREKinship Awareness Week
September 21-25 is Kinship Awareness Week.
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and give thanks to all our Kinship families. We recognize and celebrate the commitment, dedication, love, time and...
Loving Homes
Every Child Deserves a Loving Home
Every child needs the sense of belonging and security provided by a stable and loving family.
In situations where birth parents are not able to safely care for their children, CCAS...
READ MOREAdopt with Us
READ MOREMy husband and I have been blessed by adoption through the Catholic Children’s Aid of Society of Toronto (CCAS). We have been told many times by friends and relatives how lucky our newly adopted children are to be part...
Adoption FAQs
Who is eligible to apply to the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto?
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Adoptive Family Support
As an adoptive parent, you can expect to receive the following support from us:
- CCAS's Adoption staff continue to visit and provide support to the child and adoptive family until the adoption is finalized by the...
Adoption Disclosure
Has your life been touched by adoption? Are you searching for your birth family or adopted child? Many people touched by adoption come to a point in their lives when they want to reconnect with their birth child or...
READ MOREFoster Family Support
Our foster caregivers provide soft landings for children who need a temporary place to live when they are no longer able to remain in their own home due to child protection concerns. Foster care gives our... |
Foster Care FAQs
How do I apply to become a foster caregiver?
- If you think you have the special qualities and time to become a foster caregiver and would like more information,please call our Foster Care Recruitment Line at...
KinCaregiver Support
When parents are unable to take care of their children for any reason, often, extended family or members of the community come forward to assist. That's what kinship care is all about! When a child is unable to remain...
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What is Kinship Care?
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Adoption Resources
AdoptOntario: Connecting familes and children through adoption.
Ministry of Community and Social Services: Searching for Adoption Records in Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth...
READ MOREFinancial Assistance for Adoption and Legal Custody of Sibling Groups and Children 10 Years and Older
Children’s aid societies (CASs) provide supports to families who give children in their care a home through adoption, legal custody, kinship and customary care. As of June 15, 2012, CASs will provide additional...
READ MOREAdoption Subsidy Information For Adoptive Parents
The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto provides adoption subsidies to enable adoptive parents to pay for specialized services required to meet a child’s diagnosed special needs.
Qualification Requirements:
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Adoption Subsidies
There are two types of subsidies available to adoptive parents:
- Subsidies specific to sibling groups and children over the age of 10 years.
- A general adoption subsidy.
Learn more about your eligibility for one of...
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