Foster Care
When a family becomes involved with The Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton, the Society makes every effort to keep children in their own home. However, if the safety and well-being of a child is at risk, a child may need to come into the care of CAS. Most often, the child will reside with foster parents in a foster home.
Foster parents provide day-to-day care for children, including supervision, guidance and affection. Children may be placed in a foster home for just a few days, or may remain in a foster home for months, or even years depending on their situation.
The Society’s foster parents come from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds and can be single parents, married or living in a common-law relationship, including same sex couples.
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2010 Bursary
Applications for the Foster Family Educational Bursary program are now being accepted. Eligible applicants are asked to complete the bursary application form and forward to the Society no later than Friday, May 1, 2010. All foster families should have received complete details on this program by mail in early February. If you require further information, please contact your Placement Worker.
Good luck to all applicants.
