Did you know? November is Adoption Awareness Month. The ACO Builds Partnerships for Permanency

November is Adoption Awareness Month and The Adoption Council of Ontario kicks off their adoption awareness Campaign highlighting some staggering statistics surrounding adoption in Ontario.
By: SPARQ STREET Communications
 
 
The Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO)
The Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO)
TORONTO - Nov. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Did you know?
·         That 30,000 children and youth live in permanent foster care in Canada, 7,500+ in Ontario alone.

·         In Ontario 7,545 children wereCrown Wards (2012), of which only 830 children were adopted.

·         64% of Ontario Crown Wards are over the age of 13 and are at most risk of leaving foster care without a family and with a high risk to end up situations of homelessness and poverty

·         Only 4% of adoptions are of children between 13 and 18.

Toronto ON – November 2013 - This November the Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO) will join the entire national adoption community to raise awareness about the urgent need for adoptive families required for our children at risk of growing up without a family. Our theme for this year’s campaign is Partnerships for Permanency.  Government, child welfare agencies, adoption professionals and adoptive families must join together to bring about change from within our system if we are really going to make a difference in the outcomes for vulnerable children waiting in foster care for a family.

Key to our success will be our ability to support the critical connections of Ontario families with waiting children.  ACO is leading the way by making information available for anyone touched by adoption and becoming an advocate for all the parties involved.  ACO Executive Director Pat Convery says she’s encouraged by the results of the ‘first of its kind’, Canadian Attitudes about Adoption Survey, (http://bit.ly/12HCnKC /) conducted by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption which concluded that If just 0.4 per cent of Canadians who have considered adoption from foster care would follow through, then every child currently in Canada's foster care system would have a safe, loving and permanent home.

The path to change is starting this month but ACO works year round to continue their efforts of communication and support and is committed to keeping the conversation going until we have built the bridges, reduced the barriers and can confidently know that all waiting children will have the opportunity to leave our foster care system with a family in the future.

For more information or to arrange an interview with Pat Convery to discuss the opportunities, issues and programs for adoption, or meet some of the inspiring adoptive families please contact:

Rania Walker

P.R. and Media Rep

416-258-8953

rania@SparQ Street.com

www.sparqstreet.com

About The Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO): Kids Need Families - Families Need Support          www.adoption.on.ca

The ACO is a Non-profit Charitable Organization with a simple mission to educate the community about adoption, connect families and children, support them on their lifelong journey, and be advocates for all those touched by adoption.  Founded in 1987 by representatives of the adoption community, the ACO is destined to work towards a community where all children have families … forever.

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