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All General Authority training sessions cancelled due to COVID-19
On behalf of the CEO of the General Child and Family Services Authority, Jay Rodgers, I am writing to let you know that all training sessions offered by the General Child and Family Services Authority are cancelled...
Manitoba government takes additional measures to reduce COVID-19 impact
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is taking additional proactive measures to help reduce the impact of COVID-19. This includes: • suspending services at licensed child-care centres, effective...
Recommendations encourage Manitobans to follow ‘social distancing’ measures
Compiled from Manitoba Government Press Releases-- The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to evolve rapidly worldwide, with more countries reporting cases and an overall increase in case numbers. Public health...
Stop Child Sexual Exploitation Week proclaimed
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is investing more than $100,000 with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) to help protect children and youth from the dangers of online sexual...
Each for Equal is the International Women’s Day theme
March 8 is International Women's Day. How will you celebrate the women in your lives? This year's theme is #EachforEqual. From the International Women's Day website--An equal world is an enabled world. Individually,...
Violence similarly prevalent in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships: study
From The Globe and Mail--Intimate partner violence is similarly prevalent in same-sex relationships as in heterosexual ones, a new study from the University of Guelph has found. The research, which was published in the...
Province expands Families and Schools Together program
Manitoba Government News Release--The Manitoba government is investing $60,000 to expand the highly successful Families and Schools Together (F&ST) program, bringing the total to nine schools benefiting from the...
Youth with mental illnesses should have access to in-patient care: Manitoba Advocate
From CBC News--A 16-year-old who died by suicide, despite many contacts with community supports and therapists, should have had access to long-term in-patient care, says a new report from Manitoba's advocate for...
Opinion: Better ways to support foster youth than extending care to 26
From the Chronicle of Social Change--Ten years ago, I was George White, a 17-year-old high school student in foster care advocating for the extension of foster care to age 21 through AB 12. Today, I introduce myself as...
Help the Dave Thomas Foundation reach its goal of providing more foster children with forever families
From the Dave Thomas Foundation--It is often the simplest moments with family that we cherish the most. The encouraging words of a parent, laughter shared with a sibling or the warmth of home are memories that provide...