Supporting children, youth and families
The Society protects and cares for vulnerable children and youth in the counties of Hastings, Northumberland and Prince Edward and provides programs and services that help to empower them and their families. There are many ways as an individual to support children and families in the communities.
At Highland Shores CAS (HSCA) we are committed to recognizing, examining, and addressing bias, racism, discrimination both inside and outside our organization. We are going to continually challenge ourselves to recognize the impact of privilege and power on those that have been marginalized. It is our intention to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families who are members of marginalized groups by adopting an Anti-Oppressive practice.
Anti-oppression can be defined as the way we view individuals through a lens of gender, sexual orientation, race, identity, ability, class, age, occupation, and social service usage as it results in systemic inequalities for particular groups.
We recognize that the Child Welfare System has a lengthy history of racism, discrimination, disparity, and institutionalized oppression which has led to a disproportionality of children in the care as well as those receiving service within the child welfare sector. Due to this we are committed to critically examining the systems of power we have operated within. We believe, it is necessary to teach our staff how to recognize and confront oppression and dismantle contributions we make to these historical legacies. We are committed to Truth and Reconciliation, Anti-Black racism, and understanding the intersectionality of oppression for all our service users and staff as we continue to examine our role in this system of power.
The Facts
43,205
children 15 years of age or younger live in the areas served by Highland Shores
6.5%
of children come into the attention of our agency each year for a concern about their well-being and safety.
718
is the approximate number of families provided with ongoing services after each assessment year.
1,634
families are assessed for a concern about their children each year.
Our agency places approximately 206 children each year in care outside of their home.
Results
Child Welfare Results
The child welfare sector of Ontario is committed to using data to continuously improve the services it provides to children and families.
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Children's Aid Societies in Ontario are collecting data to measure their performance in various areas of child welfare. This data assists us in our efforts to continuously improve the services we provide to children and families and increases accountability and transparency with regard to the work we do. Click here to look at our performance data at Highland Shores.
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