October 2021

“you've painted the walls of your house the colour of silence. when you did it, you handed me the roller and asked me to help and I didn't think to say no because I thought it will just be...

Written by Kemesha (Clayton) Alli for the Never Too Late Newsletter We’ve spent months apart from families and friends…and probably all mastered the art of social distancing! I felt the...

For me, as for many of you this past Family Day weekend was different from ones in the past. We often took advantage of the longer weekend (and with the Friday being a PD day for a couple of my...

The NTL program in partnership with StepStones for Youth connected Leah and her son Zye with Colleen in early 2020. They continue to be part of the NTL community, most famously as hosts of our...

Written by Vivian, Never Too Late Team Member I was out four hundred meters swimming in Lake Muskoka for the first time. It was only my thoughts and I, it was deafening. I had never been a...

Written by Chloe, Never Too Late Team Member Over the years, uncertainty is something I’ve grown accustomed to. When I entered care; transiency, uncertainty, and chaos vastly became my normal....

Written by Dianne Mathes R.S.W. Executive Director, ACO Over the past month we have heard the voices of families who are living in adoption and permanency journeys with their children.   We...

On November 12th, 2019 Amanda and Mike Robinson got an early Christmas gift, one they had been waiting years for—a daughter, who happened to be 27 years old.  In September of 2018, Melissa...

On May 14th we come together to celebrate Children and Youth in Care Day. It is a day that highlights the children and young adults that are currently in the foster care system and have been in...

Growing up in foster care I saw a different side to life. Almost as if I was on the outside looking in, I saw friends families behave in all sorts of ways, this helped me form my beliefs on what...