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October 11, 2024

Manitoba amends Child and Family Services Act to support parents, keep children with kin
Families minister unveils four new agreement categories APTN News: It’s a legal amendment that Cynthia Broadfoot believes would have changed her family’s life. In the mid-1990s, Broadfoot reached out to Manitoba Child and Family Services (CFS) asking for help. She said she was experiencing significant hardships and mental health struggles at the time. Her children...

October 8, 2024

Manitoba apologizes for clawing back money for kids in care as part of $530M settlement
Class-action settlement will compensate roughly 30,000 children who spent time in child welfare system CBC News: The Canadian Press -The Manitoba government has apologized in the legislature for clawing back federal benefit payments to kids in the child welfare system. The apology is part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit, approved by a judge...

September 4, 2024

Public Advisory – Settlement Approval Hearing of CSA Class Actions on September 5 & 6, 2024
NationTalk: WINNIPEG, MB – The hearing to approve the $530 million settlement of three class actions will occur at the Law Courts Complex (408 York Avenue) on September 5 and 6, 2024. In March, Manitoba agreed to resolve three Class Actions seeking reparations for Manitoba’s discriminatory Children’s Special Allowances (CSA) policy, through which Manitoba illegally...

August 12, 2024

Manitoba Government Supporting Community Programs that keep Families Together
NationTalk: The Manitoba government is providing more than $500,000 to three programs focused on keeping families together, Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, minister responsible for women and gender equity, announced today. “Family, community and cultural connections are essential to helping children thrive,” said Fontaine. “This is especially important for families who may need some extra support....

April 1, 2021

Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services
The Ontario government announced today that Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services has been designated as the province’s 13th Indigenous children’s aid society. The official designation will enable Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services (NCFS) to provide culturally-based services and supports to more Indigenous children and families in the Districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound, and the...

June 23, 2020

Birth Alerts announcement
The Province of Manitoba has announced it will end the controversial practice of birth alerts on June 30, 2020 and will instead refer vulnerable mothers and their children to social services and programs. Under the new system, Stefanson said Manitoba Child and Family Services (CFS) agencies will now be able to refer more women to...

May 7, 2020

“Stop Giving Me a Number and Start Giving Me a Person”
Release of “Stop Giving Me a Number and Start Giving Me a Person: How 22 Girls Illuminate the Cracks in the Manitoba Youth Mental Health and Addiction System”, a Special Report by the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth 2020. “Alarmingly, in Manitoba, suicide is the leading manner of death for young people ages 10-17”....

April 14, 2020

Bill 34, “The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act“
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs are seriously concerned about Manitoba fast tracking Bill 34, “The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act“. If passed, the Bill will have serious implications on First Nations children in care. On March 19, 2020 the Manitoba government introduced Bill 34. The Bill is currently seeking to legalize Manitoba’s actions of...

March 26, 2020

Delay of cancellation of Birth Alerts
Government delays the cancellation of their Birth alert policy due to be implemented on April 1, 2020 citing COVID-19 as the rationale. See also Problems and Issues in Child Welfare on Home Page....

January 31, 2020

Announcement to cancel Birth Alerts
Government of Manitoba – announced that as of April 1, child welfare and public health systems in Manitoba will be ready to more effectively and proactively connect mothers with supports, and will no longer issue birth alerts for high-risk expectant mothers. Provincial child welfare standards will be updated to remove references to birth alerts and...

June 10, 2019

Restoring the Sacred Bond
Manitoba’s first social impact bond (SIB) will launch this fall. Southern First Nations Network of Care (SFNNC) has successfully raised the more than $2.6 million required from private investors to deliver Restoring the Sacred Bond – a project designed to connect at-risk Indigenous mothers with doulas, also known as birth helpers. Manitoba’s first social impact...

December 8, 2018

AMC and Canada MOU
Minister of Indigenous Services, the Honourable Jane Philpott, along with the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett and Grand Chief Arlen Dumas of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs signed an MOU aimed at achieving concrete outcomes in child welfare, and supporting the needs and aspirations of First Nations in Manitoba. The...

September 1, 2018

“Transforming Child Welfare Legislation in Manitoba”
“Transforming Child Welfare Legislation in Manitoba: Opportunities to Improve Outcomes for Children and Youth”. Report of the Legislative Review Committee. The recommendations are premised on the fact that over 90% of all children in care in Manitoba are Indigenous. “Among Canadian provinces, Manitoba has the highest rate of children in care.” Recommendations are organized around...

June 10, 2018

Indigenous opposition to unilateral Manitoba Child and Family Services reform
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) – remains resolute that First Nations must lead child welfare reform in Manitoba, and calls on Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister to ensure Manitoba Minister of Families Scott Fielding respects First Nations jurisdiction and stops his continued divisive and unilateral approach to child welfare reform. While Minister Fielding has said...

March 19, 2018

Amendments to The Child and Family Services Act
Introduced initial amendments to The Child and Family Services (CFS) Act that would allow Indigenous communities to create care plans for children that recognize and reflect their unique customs. Once passed and proclaimed, the bill will see these needs entrenched in all care decisions related to First Nations, Métis and Inuit children. Indigenous families would...

March 6, 2018

The Advocate for Children and Youth Act
The province will proclaim The Advocate for Children and Youth Act to come into force March 15. The act expands the mandate of the children’s advocate, an independent officer of the Manitoba legislature.The act responds to 11 key recommendations in a report by commissioner Ted Hughes following the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death...
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