Introduction Social welfare organizations serve the purpose of ensuring that the needy people in the society access social welfare services (Turner and Turner 209).The social services are mostly provided by governments, commercial enterprises, and charitable institutions on a voluntary basis. The Canadian Constitution obligates both provincial and federal governments to provide social welfare services. The government is specifically mandated by the constitution to provide child welfare services. The Children Aid Society of Toronto provides welfare services to children in need of care. Origin and Brief History of the Society The children’s Aid Society of Toronto traces its origin to the late 19 th century. It was founded by J.J Kelso in 1891. Before 1874, children in need of welfare and care were handled by the court system, which convicted them to serve sentences in institutions. Neglected, abandoned, and orphaned children served as laborers in exchange for being offered apprenticeship by well-wishers (Neff 60). Due to these abhorrent conditions, legislation allowing intervention of charitable institutions in cases of child abuse was passed. Costs of looking after the children were to be shared between the organizations and the provincial government. The Act for Protection and Reformation of Neglected Children was passed in 1874. It empowered courts to declare children wards of organizations. It was the responsibility of the local government to provide funds for maintenance (Turner and Turner 134). The Act encouraged the placement of children in foster homes as opposed to institutions. The Act motivated J.J Kelso to start The Children’s Aid Society. In 1893, he pushed for enactment of The Prevention of Cruelty and Better Protection of Children Act (Kelso 56). Following the passage of the two pieces of legislation, children aid organizations became quasi-public agencies with the mandate to take children in their care, place them under supervision and take money from the local authorities for maintenance of children placed in warship. The institutions attained the status of legal guardianship. In 1912, The Children Aid Society of Toronto joined forces with other children aid societies in Ontario and formed the Ontario Association of Children Aid Societies (Gail and Berkley 213). Purpose and Function of the Agency The Children Aid Society is one of the largest institutions dedicated to child welfare in North America. As other Ontario children aid organizations, it is obliged by the statute to ensure that children are protected from neglect and abuse. The organization cannot reject any child or put them in a waiting list even when funds are constrained. Immediate response to a child in need of care is required by The Child Welfare Act. The vision of The Children’s Aid Society is a city of safe children, strong families, and supported communities. The mission of the society is to be excellent in collaborating with other organizations, to ensure prevention of situations that lead to child neglect and child abuse, protection of young people and children from neglect and abuse, and provision of safety for young people and children (Finkel 190). To achie