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Toba Centre launches ‘Go Blue’ campaign for Child Abuse Prevention Month
From Global News--October marks Child Abuse Prevention Month across Canada, and here in Manitoba, Toba Centre for Children and Youth is working to raise awareness and community involvement with their “Go Blue”...
Rural Manitoba has highest domestic-violence rate in Canada
From the Winnipeg Free Press--Rural Manitoba holds the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of intimate partner violence in Canada, where the domestic-related homicide rate is 10 times higher than urban...
Manitoba government renews Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder strategy
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is releasing its renewed five-year Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Strategy, which includes immediate investments and ongoing funds for timely and...
General CFS Authority’s 21st Annual General Meeting
General Child and Family Services Authority's 21st Annual General Meeting! (Virtual) Date: Sept. 24, 2024 Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Please click here for a full recording of the 2023/24 AGM. Please also see: 2023/24...
Parents are stressed. Here’s what we can do to help them
From The Conversation--Parents are stressed and it is time to do something about it. In a nutshell, that’s the message from the United States Surgeon General’s recent public health advisory on the mental health and...
Half-billion dollar settlement approved for former kids in care in Manitoba
From CTV News--A judge has approved a settlement for three class-action lawsuits, worth $530-million, over federal child benefit payments that were clawed back by the Manitoba government. The agreement will compensate...
Court reviews details of $530-M CFS settlement
From the Winnipeg Free Press-- An “extraordinary” $530-million settlement compensating every child affected by the province clawing back federal funds for kids in care — more than 80 per cent of whom are Indigenous —...
Move quickly on gun regulations, directives to stem domestic violence, Ottawa urged
OTTAWA – Several civil society organizations, including women’s advocates, are calling on the Liberal government to swiftly flesh out firearm legislation passed last year by enacting crucial regulations and directives....
Manitoba providing more supports for victims of crime, including child sexual abuse and domestic violence
The Manitoba government is providing more supports for Manitobans who are victims of crime through a 50 per cent increase in the funding directed to Manitoba Justice Victims Services from the Criminal Property...
Manitoba earmarks $500,000 for family support programs
From the Winnipeg Sun--The Manitoba government is budgeting more than $500,000 for three programs aimed at keeping families together and preventing children from entering the child welfare system, Families Minister...