2024–2025 Services delivered: Wendy’s Wonderful Kids adoption recruiters
Component: Child welfare - community and prevention supports
Legislation: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA)
Service objectives
To find adoptive families for children and youth involved in the child welfare system where adoption has been identified as an appropriate permanency option.
To help find permanent homes for children and youth in extended society care where adoption has been identified as an appropriate permanency option for the child by entering into grant agreements with children’s aid societies (societies) to hire Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK) adoption recruiters. These adoption recruiters are in addition to WWKDTFA-C.
Service description
The transfer payment recipient will
- Enter into grant agreements with the societies that are approved by the ministry to support ongoing operations of the WWK program
- Provide support to societies to hire WWK adoption recruiters, as necessary, in accordance with the ministry’s direction
- Conduct training for any new WWK adoption recruiters hired by the societies and support them in learning the WWK child-focused recruitment model
- Provide training opportunities throughout the year for WWK adoption recruiters to support ongoing operation and/or successful implementation of the child- focused recruitment model by each WWK adoption recruiter that may include: Online modules, training related to using the DTFA-C online reporting database, webinars and the WWK Annual Summit
- Provide support to WWK adoption recruiters through a DTFA-C grant manager
- The DTFA-C grant manager will assist the adoption recruiters in ongoing operation and/or implementation of the child-focused recruitment model in order to meet the WWK adoption recruiter activities and goals
- At a minimum, the DTFA-C grant manager will have monthly contact with the WWK adoption recruiters and will conduct periodic site visits
- Work with individual societies to monitor caseloads and create annual goals for number of adoptions and matches each WWK adoption recruiter will achieve and provide ongoing support and technical assistance via the grant manager to the WWK adoption recruiters to assist them in meeting these annual goals
- Provide ongoing technical assistance via the grant manager to assist the adoption recruiters in meeting the WWK adoption recruiter activities and goals
- The WWK adoption recruiters are held accountable to DTFA-C through the monthly submission of data on the children served through the WWK program
- Provide ongoing intensive grant management services to societies through monthly contact with the WWK adoption recruiters and periodic site visits
Program/service features
The services are directed at children in extended society care under the CYFSA for whom adoption has been identified as an appropriate permanency option, and prospective adoptive families identified for those children.
WWK adoption recruiters will engage in the following service activities and goals, as specified in the grant agreement to be entered into by each society with the DTFA-C
- Use a child-focused recruitment model to help find potential adoptive families for children and youth in extended society care where adoption has been identified as an appropriate permanency option for the child
- Conduct initial referral services and gather initial referral information through contact with the child or youth’s society worker and other relevant staff
- Conduct an in-depth case record review of existing files to include
- Date and reason the child entered the system
- Child’s most recent profile and assessment Chronological placement history
- Significant services provided to the child, currently or in the past
- Identification of programs and services to meet the needs of the child or youth
- All significant people in the child’s life, past and present, including caseworkers, foster parents, attorneys, teachers, therapists, relatives, mentors, faith-based representatives and extracurricular activity leaders; and next upcoming court date
- Build a relationship with each child or youth on the caseload and to have, at a minimum, monthly in-person meetings with the child or youth
- Find and engage individuals with whom the child has had a positive relationship
- Assess the child’s strengths and needs
- Build on-going relationships with adults in the child’s network in order to explore their potential as a prospective adoptive family, or to learn about other adults in the child or youth’s life to assist in identifying prospective adoptive families
- Provide child-specific family search efforts by implementing the process of identifying, locating, and contacting persons with whom the child already has, or had, a bond or positive relationship with the knowledge and approval of the child and the child’s caseworker
- Develop a comprehensive recruitment plan or enhance the existing recruitment plan
Each WWK adoption recruiter will actively recruit adoptive placements for a minimum of 12 to 15 children and youth, with the remaining children and youth on the caseload to receive less intensive services (i.e., the WWK adoption recruiter will monitor children and youth who are in a less intensive phase of the recruitment process such as children and youth who have been matched with an adoptive family and are in pre-adoptive placement).
WWK adoption recruiters will spend 100 percent of their time implementing a proactive, child-focused recruitment model, working with relevant society staff as necessary.
Program goals
Increase the number of children in extended society care for whom adoption has been identified as an appropriate permanency option being matched with prospective adoptive families using a child-focused recruitment model.
Ministry expectations
The community services provided will be
- Reflective and responsive to the permanency needs of children, youth and families
- Sensitive to the social, linguistic and cultural diversity of children and families, including Indigenous, Black, racialized, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ children and families, involved with child protection services
- Staffed by individuals with the appropriate range of skills and abilities necessary to respond effectively to the permanency needs of children, youth and families
Reporting requirements
The transfer payment recipient is expected to monitor and evaluate program performance and to confirm that program objectives and deliverables are being met.
At each reporting period, provide to the ministry an interim report on: project outcomes; rationale for any children removed from any data value, including an explanation for variation in a reporting area from expectations; success stories and barriers learned from DTFA-C interactions with the WWK adoption recruiter and societies that employ them; and information about training taken by the WWK adoption recruiter.
On an annual basis, provide to the ministry an Executive Summary that summarizes the main information and achievements of the program for the year. This report should contain your organization’s observations and the lessons learned from executing the program, rationale for any children that are removed from any data value including an explanation for variation in a reporting area, success stories and barriers learned through DTFA-C interactions with the WWK adoption recruiter and societies that employ them, and information about training taken by the WWK adoption recruiters.
The following service data will be reported on at an Interim and Final stage. Please refer to your final agreement for report back due dates and targets.
Service Data Name | Definition |
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# of children on caseload by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Total number of children a WWK recruiter actively serves on their caseload (i.e., 12- 15) during the reporting period by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of children on caseload by society: Durham CAS | Total number of children a WWK recruiter actively serves on their caseload (i.e., 12 -15) during the reporting period by society: Durham CAS. |
# of children on caseload by society: CAS of Toronto | Total number of children a WWK recruiter actively serves on their caseload (i.e., 12- 15) during the reporting period by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of children on caseload by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Total number of children a WWK recruiter actively serves on their caseload (i.e., 12 -15) during the reporting period by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of children on caseload by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Total number of children a WWK recruiter actively serves on their caseload (i.e., 12 -15) during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of children on caseload by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Total number of children a WWK recruiter actively serves on their caseload (i.e., 12-15) during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of returning children to caseload by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of children served in the previous reporting period that are still being served in the current reporting period by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of returning children to caseload by society: Durham CAS | Number of children served in the previous reporting period that are still being served in the current reporting period by society: Durham CAS. |
# of returning children to caseload by society: CAS of Toronto | Number of children served in the previous reporting period that are still being served in the current reporting period by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of returning children to caseload by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of children served in the previous reporting period that are still being served in the current reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of returning children to caseload by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of children served in the previous reporting period that are still being served in the current reporting period by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of returning children to caseload by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of children served in the previous reporting period that are still being served in the current reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of new children added to caseload by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of children served in the current reporting period that had not been served in a previous reporting period by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of new children added to caseload by society: Durham CAS | Number of children served in the current reporting period that had not been served in a previous reporting period by society: Durham CAS. |
# of new children added to caseload by society: CAS of Toronto | Number of children served in the current reporting period that had not been served in a previous reporting period by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of new children added to caseload by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of children served in the current reporting period that had not been served in a previous reporting period by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of new children added to caseload by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of children served in the current reporting period that had not been served in a previous reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of new children added to caseload by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of children served in the current reporting period that had not been served in a previous reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of new matches to potential adoptive families facilitated by WWK: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of new matches between child and prospective adoptive parents facilitated by the WWK recruiter using the child-focused recruitment process during the reporting period by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of new matches to potential adoptive families facilitated by WWK recruiter by society: Durham CAS | Number of new matches between child and prospective adoptive parents facilitated by the WWK recruiter using the child-focused recruitment process during the reporting period by society: Durham CAS. |
# of new matches to potential adoptive families facilitated by WWK: CAS of Toronto | Number of new matches between child and prospective adoptive parents facilitated by the WWK recruiter using the child-focused recruitment process during the reporting period by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of new matches to potential adoptive families facilitated by WWK: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of new matches between child and prospective adoptive parents facilitated by the WWK recruiter using the child-focused recruitment process during the reporting period by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of new matches to potential adoptive families facilitated by WWK: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of new matches between child and prospective adoptive parents facilitated by the WWK recruiter using the child-focused recruitment process during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of new matches to potential adoptive families facilitated by WWK: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of new matches between child and prospective adoptive parents facilitated by the WWK recruiter using the child-focused recruitment process during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of new pre- adoptive placements by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of children placed in a prospective adoptive home for the required probationary period prior to adoption finalization by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of new pre- adoptive placements by society: Durham CAS | Number of children placed in a prospective adoptive home for the required probationary period prior to adoption finalization by society: Durham CAS. |
# of new pre- adoptive placements by society: CAS of Toronto | Number of children placed in a prospective adoptive home for the required probationary period prior to adoption finalization by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of new pre- adoptive placements by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of children placed in a prospective adoptive home for the required probationary period prior to adoption finalization by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of new pre- adoptive placements by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of children placed in a prospective adoptive home for the required probationary period prior to adoption finalization by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of new pre- adoptive placements by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of children placed in a prospective adoptive home for the required probationary period prior to adoption finalization by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of pre-adoption placement breakdowns by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of pre-adoption placements that did not result in an adoption with the child being removed from pre-adoption placement in the reporting period by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of pre-adoption placement breakdowns by society: Durham CAS | Number of pre-adoption placements that did not result in an adoption with the child being removed from pre-adoption placement in the reporting period by society: Durham CAS. |
# of pre-adoption placement breakdowns by society: CAS of Toronto | Number of pre-adoption placements that did not result in an adoption with the child being removed from pre-adoption placement in the reporting period by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of pre-adoption placement breakdowns by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of pre-adoption placements that did not result in an adoption with the child being removed from pre-adoption placement in the reporting period by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of pre-adoption placement breakdowns by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of pre-adoption placements that did not result in an adoption with the child being removed from pre-adoption placement in the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of pre-adoption placement breakdowns by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of pre-adoption placements that did not result in an adoption with the child being removed from pre-adoption placement in the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of new adoptions by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of children with finalized adoptions during the reporting period by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of new adoptions by society: Durham CAS | Number of children with finalized adoptions during the reporting period by society: Durham CAS. |
# of new adoptions by society: CAS of Toronto | Number of children with finalized adoptions during the reporting period by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of new adoptions by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of children with finalized adoptions during the reporting period by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of new adoptions by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of children with finalized adoptions during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of new adoptions by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of children with finalized adoptions during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of new legal custody orders by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of children with finalized legal custody orders during the reporting period by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of new legal custody orders by society: Durham CAS | Number of children with finalized legal custody orders during the reporting period by society: Durham CAS. |
# of new legal custody orders by society: CAS of Toronto | Number of children with finalized legal custody orders during the reporting period by society: CAS of Toronto. |
# of new legal custody orders by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of children with finalized legal custody orders during the reporting period by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of new legal custody orders by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of children with finalized legal custody orders during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of new legal custody orders by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of children with finalized legal custody orders during the reporting period by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Number of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: Durham CAS | Number of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: Durham CAS. |
# of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: CAS of Toronto | Number of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: CASof Toronto. |
# of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Number of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Number of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Number of DTFA-C grant manager contacts with ministry funded WWK recruiters by society: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of placements with a caregiver related or known to the child: Catholic CAS of Toronto | Total number of children placed in a home with a caregiver related or known to the child: Catholic CAS of Toronto. |
# of placements with a caregiver related or known to the child: Durham CAS | Total number of children placed in a home with a caregiver related or known to the child: Durham CAS. |
# of placements with a caregiver related or known to the child: CAS of Toronto | Total number of children placed in a home with a caregiver related or known to the child: CAS of Toronto. |
# of placements with a caregiver related or known to the child: Nipissing & Parry Sound | Total number of children placed in a home with a caregiver related or known to the child: Nipissing & Parry Sound. |
# of placements with a caregiver related or known to the child: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1) | Total number of children placed in a home with a caregiver related or known to the child: Sudbury & Manitoulin (1). |
# of placements with a caregiver related or known to the child: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2) | Total number of children placed in a home with a caregiver related or known to the child: Sudbury & Manitoulin (2). |
# of completed family reunifications | Number of children removed from the WWK program due to reunification with their family during the reporting period. |
Wendy’s wonderful kids adoption recruiters: Ministry-funded agency expenditures | Total ministry-funded expenses for the transfer payment recipient to administer and/or deliver this service in the reporting year (cumulative). |