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Province enhances services at family violence shelters with new information system

BlogBy The General AuthorityFebruary 18, 2021

Manitoba Government News Release–The Manitoba government is providing over $88,000 to End Homelessness Winnipeg to assist provincially funded family violence agencies in using a shared information system that will enable them to share data to…

Peer support programs provide services to nearly 1,500 Manitobans in 2020

BlogBy The General AuthorityFebruary 12, 2021

Manitoba Government News Release–Nearly 1,500 Manitobans have accessed mental health services through Peer Connections, Manitoba’s peer support program that provides peer and family support services in Winnipeg and the Prairie Mountain Health region, Mental Health,…

Government seeks input from parents on future of child care in Manitoba

BlogBy The General AuthorityFebruary 12, 2021

Manitoba Government News Release–The Manitoba government is launching an online survey to promote the involvement of parents across the province in identifying their needs and priorities for child care and their ideas for modernizing the…

Province provides additional supports for vulnerable Manitobans

Blog, Covid-19By The General AuthorityFebruary 2, 2021

Manitoba Government News Release–The Manitoba government is taking a number of steps to ensure additional supports are available to Manitobans who rely on social services during the COVID-19 pandemic, Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced today.…

Ottawa hospital, Children’s Aid Society raise awareness of supports for parents after increase in infant head trauma cases

BlogBy The General AuthorityFebruary 1, 2021

CTV News–More babies are being brought into hospitals with serious head trauma and fractures in recent months, according to figures compiled by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), an alarming trend that doctors believe…

Manitoba government investing in pregnancy, infant loss program to support parents’ mental health

BlogBy The General AuthorityJanuary 28, 2021

Manitoba Governmen News Release–The Manitoba government has awarded a tender to the Women’s Health Clinic to develop, implement and co-ordinate a provincial pregnancy and infant loss program in Manitoba, Mental Health, Wellness and Recovery Minister…

FASD Coalition workshop on experiences of family well-being to be held Jan. 29

BlogBy The General AuthorityJanuary 26, 2021

From the Manitoba FASD Coalition–If you have not yet registered for the upcoming info series workshop, Families with FASD: Exploring Experiences of Family Well-Being, there is still time. To view the poster for this event…

Biden appoints child welfare policy expert and former foster child to Budget Office

BlogBy The General AuthorityJanuary 25, 2021

From The Imprint–The leader of a prominent foster care reform group – who spent time as a child in foster care herself, a searing experience that she’s said shaped her work as a congressional policy…

CFS workers in group homes now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations

Blog, Covid-19By The General AuthorityJanuary 14, 2021

Manitoba Government News Release–The eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccination have been expanded to include: • staff employed in congregate group care settings who provide direct care to individuals in the Community Living disABILITY Services, Child and…

New program provides wraparound care to youth affected by violence

BlogBy The General AuthorityJanuary 13, 2021

Manitoba Government News Release–A $2.3-million program that provides wraparound care to youths and young adults injured by violence provided help for nearly 200 people in its first five months, decreasing their risk of continued physical…

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