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Community Partners

Community Partners

At the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society, we fundamentally believe that the protection and well-being of children and youth is a shared responsibility with the community.


Indigenous Services

Indigenous Services

Legislative and child welfare standards governing Ontario’s children’s aid societies acknowledge the importance of community, heritage, and cultural ties for Indigenous children. First Nations communities in Ontario have long worked to re-gain ...

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Francophone

Francophone

It is a responsibility of children’s aid societies to pay special attention to the experiences of the most vulnerable Francophone families and children in Ontario.  Access to French-Language services has been a ...

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Ethno-Culture

Ethno-Culture

Ontario’s children’s aid societies serve communities across the province. As Ontario becomes more diverse, child welfare agencies are interacting with consumers from many different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In recognition of this, ...

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Addiction

Addiction

Many families involved with the child welfare system deal with parental substance abuse issues.     Research shows that good working relationships and collaborations between child welfare and addiction services are supported through securing ...

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Mental Health Services

Mental Health Services

Research now shows that 1 in 5 Canadians will suffer from a mental illness throughout their lifetime (Government of Canada, 2006). There is prevalence of the co-occurrence of child welfare and parental ...

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Family and Children’s Services

Family and Children’s Services

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society is one of many service providers that act as a safety net to families and children in our communities. Community services are in place to help children ...

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Supports for Children with Special Needs

Supports for Children with Special Needs

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society works closely with several agencies who provide services to children who may need specialized services to reach their full potential. Boys and Girls Club of Kawartha Lakes ...

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Violence against Women/Domestic Violence

Violence against Women/Domestic Violence

Approximately 1 in 5 referrals to the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society are related to the violence against women and domestic violence concerns. With respect to violence against women, there is a significant ...

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Youth Justice

Youth Justice

The goal of the Ontario youth justice system is to help youth 12 to 17 in trouble with the law to contribute to the community and succeed. The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society ...

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Updates from Kawartha-Haliburton CAS

Drag Queen Story Time Event

KHCAS is aware of the upcoming Drag Queen Story Time event at the Peterborough Public Library and supports the right of parents and their children to take part in this event.  Attendance ...

COVID-19 - 5 to 11 Year Olds

The Ministry announced the newly approved and available COVID-19 vaccine for 5 to 11 year olds. Please click on the links below for some helpful tools/tip-sheets that have been ...

Media Release - 03/30/2020 - Kawartha Haliburton Children's Aid Society Responds to COVID-19

MEDIA RELEASE Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society Responds to COVID-19 Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society supports the Province’s decision to include Children’s Aid Societies in the list of essential businesses, organizations ...

Statement for Community Partners re: Delivery of Service

March 30th, 2020 To Our Community Partners; In order to support the health and safety of all of our employees, foster parents, volunteers as well as the families, children ...

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