Each year, tens of thousands of children are taken into the child welfare system. Their origins vary from unaccompanied minors who have migrated and landed with nowhere to go and no one to rely on, indigenous children, or those who were removed from abusive, neglectful homes. Once in the child welfare system, there are challenges with foster care, mental health, and preparing for aging out of the system.

Until the Last Child develops projects designed to meet these challenges and improve the health, safety, wellbeing, and access to families for a sense of belonging.

All of our UTLC Pilot Projects have been delivered on time, on target and on budget.

• The Bringing Families Together Pilot cost approximately $1.8 Million over two years.
• The 76% of children in the pilot that achieved permanency resulted in $25.1 Million savings to government.
• Based on Canadian and U.S. estimates, the estimated avoided costs are in the range of $250,000 – $460,000 per youth aging out of care each year