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Adoption

Adoption

There are many children in Ontario who are waiting for an adoptive family. Children come into our care for various reasons, but all of them are in need of someone to care about them, and provide a stable and nurturing home to grow up in.

Our Regional Adoption Program

We are proud to work collaboratively with Highland Shores Children’s Aid and Durham Children’s Aid Society as part of a Regional Adoption Program.  This partnership enables us to work together as a team to ensure the most appropriate placements and the greatest support for both children and adoptive parents on the adoption journey.

Considering Adoption

In Ontario, there are several ways you can adopt, and people often explore options in all three systems:

The Public child welfare system

A private adoption agency

An inter-country adoption agency

 

The Brochure Adoption in Ontario: Private, Public and Inter-Country outlines the three adoption streams in Ontario and how to navigate successfully between them.  Click Here to Access the Adoption in Ontario Brochure


Child Legal Process

Child Legal Process

Children may become available for adoption in Ontario through one of three ways: Under the Child, Youth and Family Service Act, an order of Extended Society Care is made. By consent of ...

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Application Process

Application Process

People from diverse cultural backgrounds, single people or same-sex couples are all encouraged to consider adoption.  People who are open to parenting special needs children, sibling groups, or older children are especially ...

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SAFE Home Study

SAFE Home Study

A home study is the mandatory process by which a foster, kinship or adoption applicant is assessed for competencies and capacities. As with PRIDE training, the SAFE home study assessment is required ...

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PRIDE Pre-Service Training

PRIDE Pre-Service Training

The name PRIDE was selected by foster and adoptive parents in Illinois, where PRIDE was first developed. It stands for Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education. PRIDE is a model for the development and support ...

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Birth Parent Involvement

Birth Parent Involvement

Birth parents may provide input about the kind of family they would like for their child. We give careful consideration to the values, lifestyle, education, cultural heritage and other characteristics that are important to ...

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Extended Society Care

Extended Society Care

When a child has been granted the Legal Order of Extended Society Care  under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, then a Children’s Aid Society is required by law to make ...

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Placement

Placement

Adoption Placement The Society recognizes that there are children who want and need the security and commitment of an adoption home and, at the same time, want and need to have periodic ...

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Post Adoption Support

Post Adoption Support

From time to time, families may require the support of the agency well after the adoption has been finalized. Those families may call us for assistance. For some families who experience financial ...

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Adoption Disclosure

Adoption Disclosure

As of May 2008, Ontario’s adoption information disclosure legislation allows adopted adults and birth parents to obtain information from birth and adoption records that were registered in Ontario. The Access to Adoption ...

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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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