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...

Kinship Awareness Week

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...

Adopt with Us

My 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

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...

Foster Family Support

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...

KinCare FAQs

Training Calendar

Resource Families Training Calendar - Spring 2020

Adoption Resources

AdoptOntario: Connecting familes and children through adoption.

Ministry of Community and Social Services: Searching for Adoption Records in Ontario

Adoption Council of Ontario 

Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth...

Financial 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...

Adoption 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...