A Foster Care Success Story
A group called Treehouse in Seattle is helping to ensure young people in foster care graduate from high school. Starting in 2012, they set an ambitious goal: Raise the high school graduation rate for foster…
Home For The Holidays!!!
A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is back! CBS announced that singer-songwriter Josh Groban will headline the 19th annual A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 19 (8- 9PM, ET/PT) on the CBS…
Province launches consultations on poverty reduction strategy
Families Minister Scott Fielding and Education and Training Minister Ian Wishart are inviting Manitobans to share their thoughts on how to prevent and reduce poverty as they announced the launch of consultations that will guide…
Canadian Children’s Charter being developed
Dozens of youth gathered in Ottawa on Monday to mark National Child Day and to develop Canada’s first “Children’s Charter,” which will be unveiled in Parliament. See more here:
Province strengthens focus on family violence
The Manitoba government is strengthening its fight against family violence, Families Minister Scott Fielding and Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for the status of women, announced today. The ministers advised the Family Violence…
Happy Children’s Day!!
November 20 is International Children’s Day, a day set aside to recognize togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improve children’s welfare. Please read more here! http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/
Let’s celebrate National Adoption Month!
The Dave Thomas Foundation celebrates National Adoption Month. Every child deserves a safe, loving and permanent family. That is the simple yet profound motivation behind National Adoption Month. Celebrated across North America each November, this…
Knowles Treatment Centre seeks foster parents!
Knowles Centre’s Treatment Foster Care Program is actively recruiting treatment foster parents in Winnipeg and surrounding areas. As you are aware, there is a record number of children in care in Manitoba. While most are…
A sweet idea
A new volunteer organization in Winnipeg is creating birthday and other cakes for children in need. “Every child, regardless of their life circumstance, deserves a cake for their birthday,” says one of the partners of…
New program offered to empower coaches, protect children
A new course is being offered by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection to for coaches to help protect children. The course, called Commit to Kids for Coaches, provides practical information that gives coaches a standard…