How We Help

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Brittany, Child and Youth Care Worker, advocate, artist, former youth in care, and former Foundation Young People's Advisory Council member

Helping young people thrive

We create access to the tools and resources young people need to build a future of their own unstoppable success. Together with our national network of donors, partners, and child- and youth-serving organizations, we raise and grant funds and deliver a wide range of programs and services.

 

How We Help

Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada is the only national foundation exclusively dedicated to improving outcomes for children, youth, and families impacted by the child welfare system.

The child welfare system is designed to protect children from immediate harm. But too many young people leave care without the support, stability, and opportunities they need to thrive. At CAFC, we believe every young person deserves more than survival. They deserve the chance to heal, grow, and build a future filled with possibilities.

That’s why we focus on the barriers young people have told us matter most to their well-being and long-term success.

 

How We Create Change

Together with our community of donors, volunteers, partners, and people with lived experience, we work to address both urgent needs and the systemic barriers that impact outcomes for children and youth.

Respond.
We fund responsive supports that meet urgent and emerging needs.

Partner.
We work alongside communities to strengthen and scale effective solutions.

Influence.
We drive systems change through evidence, collaboration, and lived expertise.

Our goal is simple: to help young people move from instability and survival toward healing, opportunity, and thriving futures.

Who we work with
We work with 114 child- and youth-serving agencies in nearly every province and territory of Canada.
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Our programs and funds
Through our wide range of high-impact programs and services, last year we supported more than 16,000 children, youth and families.
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Publications and financials
Access our publications and reports to learn more about how we’re helping to change the lives of children and youth involved with the child welfare system.
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