Rural and Northern Services

Rural and Northern Services delivers departmental social services, income assistance and child and family services to eligible Manitobans in rural and northern regions of the province (Central, Eastman, Interlake, Northern, Parkland and Westman Regions).

Rural and Northern Services:

• provides Employment and Income Assistance to Manitobans in need;
• provides support to adults with a mental disability and their families, to assist adults with a mental disability to live in the community in the least restrictive manner possible;
• delivers vocational rehabilitation programs to adults with a mental, physical, psychiatric or learning disability;
• provides preventative services to families, to promote the well-being of the family unit through education and community development activities;
• delivers child protection services to children who are at risk of abuse or neglect, provides support and protective services to children in care;
• provides supports and services to families with children who have a developmental or physical disability;
• provides referral, conciliation, assessment and mediation services to families in dispute;
• provides support to child care facilities to meet established standards of care, and ensures financial support for eligible families;
• ensures emergency social services plans are in place and provides assistance to local municipalities in the event of an emergency or disaster; and
• provides assistance to tenants of the Manitoba Housing Authority in addressing social service issues.

For more information contact a Rural and Northern service location or:

Community Service Delivery Division
Rural and Northern Services
119 - 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg MB R3C 4V4
Phone: (204) 945-3399 or (204) 945-1042
Email: csd@gov.mb.ca