Child well-being and protection
- Adoption
Sometimes children can't live with their own families. There may be a breakdown within the family, such as a parent's addiction, illness or death. Others aren't ready to take on the job of raising a child.
When this happens, parents may choose to place their children for adoption. This means that another adult becomes the child's legal parent. The child lives with that adult who has the responsibility to care for and raise that child.
- Child protection
In Ontario, child protection services are:- provided by children's aid societies
- governed by the Child and Family Services Act.
- Foster care
Foster care is one option for providing homes for children who can't live safely with their own parents or caregivers. Foster parents provide the day-to-day care for a child on behalf of a children's aid society.
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