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National Aboriginal Day is held annually on June 21st. This date was chosen in cooperation by the Canadian government and Indigenous representatives because it was on or near the June solstice, traditionally a time when many generations of Indigenous people have celebrated their culture and heritage. National Aboriginal Day ...

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society invites applications to become a Member of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Mission of KHCAS is to engage families and the community to protect children, youth and young adults.  The Board of Directors provides leadership and governance and is critical to the achievement of ...

3rd ANNUAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN CARE DAY RECOGNIZES STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF ONTARIO’S YOUNG PEOPLE May 14th is the third anniversary of Children and Youth in Care Day in Ontario, an annual day which is intended to recognize the strength, bravery and resilience shown by young people who have ...

April 25, 2016 – Kawartha-Haliburton CAS Welcomes Public to New Office The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society (KHCAS) is pleased to announce that effective January 18th, 2016 it has moved its Haliburton office to a new, improved location at 73 Victoria Street, Haliburton – the former Victoria Street School. The ...

Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society is pleased to announce that, as of April 18, 2016, it is live on CPIN!  Moving to a new information management system required a tremendous amount of work.  By “go-live”, approximately 10,000 human resource hours had been put into CPIN deployment, in excess of 500,000 ...

This year during National Volunteer Week, April 10th – 16th, 2016, we recognize and celebrate the contributions of more than 12 million Canadians whose efforts have an important and lasting effect on our communities. Volunteer Week 2016 – April 6 2016

Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid is implementing the Child Protection Information Network, CPIN, on April 18th.  As a result, on April 18 and 19, we will be providing only essential services.  We will continue to respond to reported child safety concerns 24/7.  You can expect delays in responding to non-urgent issues. ...

KHCAS is working with All Languages Ltd of Toronto in order to provide real time translation services in over 120 languages.

The government has received the Honourable Susan Lang’s final report on the adequacy and reliability of the hair strand testing method used by Motherisk Drug Testing Laboratory for child protection and criminal cases between 2005 and 2015. The report recommends that an independent commissioner be appointed to assist individuals ...