SEEKING FOSTER FAMILIES - Can you HELP?

Did you know there are children in group care who are waiting for a foster family?

ON BEHALF OF:

Michael Justinich
Project Management Coordinator - Education and Youth Transitions
Children's Aid Society of Ottawa

HELPING YOUTH BUILD A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE

Children with special needs and youth need to have an environment where they can reach their milestones while being protected and loved. 

The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (CAS) wants to ensure that youth coming into care have such an environment in a family based setting. A special needs child or teenager is dependent on his/her caregiver and therefore need to know that he/she really belongs to a home with identifiable surroundings. 

Far too often there are not enough families and they end up in a group home.  Group Homes can help provide temporary stability but researchers have proven that they do not provide a sense of belonging, a sense of family. Furthermore, there is also a greater possibility for teenagers and special needs children to age out of the system alone, without a family.

Fostering is a commitment to provide safety, security and predictability in the lives of children and youth who require a temporary, short-term out-of-home placement. Foster parents open their hearts and homes to children and youth in need.

We are reaching out to you in the hopes that you would partner with us, or help us search for new foster families. 

You can help by fostering a youth in care or spreading the news through your own personal and professional networks. For more information call:

Janique Cyr at 613-747-7800 ext. 2415 

or janique.cyr@casott.on.ca

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