Among our mandates are the following:

• work with other community and social services to prevent, alleviate, and remedy
  the personal, social and economic conditions that might place children and
  families at risk;
  
  
• provide guidance, counselling and other services to families for the prevention of
  circumstances that might require intervention by an agency;
  
  
• investigate allegations or evidence that children may be in need of protective services;
  
  
• develop and provide services to famiilies to promote the integrity of families, before
  and after intervention pursuant to this Act;
  
  
• Supervise children assigned to their supervision before and after intervention pursuant
  to this Act;
  
  
• Supervise children assigned to its supervision pursuant to this Act;
  
  
• Provide care for children in its care or care and custody pursuant to this Act;
  
  
• Provide adoption services and place children for adoption pursuant to this Act;
  
  
• Provide services that respect and preserve the cultural, racial and linguistic heritage
  of children and thier families;
  
  
• Take reasonable measures to make known in the community the services the agency
  provides;
  
  
• And perform any other duties given to the agency by this Act or the regulations.
  (1990, c.5, s.9 )
  

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