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Child and Family Services Division
The Child and Family Services Division is committed to the Department's goals
of:
- keeping children safe and protected;
- encouraging individual, family and community
responsibility, independence and self-sufficiency, while assisting
Manitobans in times of need;
- developing effective partnerships with
the community in the development of and delivery of services;
- improving the quality of services and
the results experienced by Manitobans; and
- ensuring that services are delivered in
the most effective and cost-efficient manner possible.
The Child and Family Services Division is responsible for administering
The
Child and Family Services Act, The
Child and Family Services Authorities Act, The
Adoption Act, The
Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Act and The
Community Child Care Standards Act. The division provides
a range of high-quality social services to strengthen and support
family unity. It provides program and administrative direction and
funding support for services which are delivered by child and family
services agencies, community-based agencies and regional offices,
and includes services:
- which supplement and, where necessary,
substitute for parental care;
- which physically and emotionally support
children in care;
- which provide care and shelter for children
and youth who require placement;
- that promote the elimination of family
violence;
- for women, children, and men who are affected
by family violence;
- for families using child care services;
and
- to child care facilities.
The programs and services administered by the
division are directed and supported by the Child Protection Branch, the Family and Community Support Branch and the Strategic Initiatives and Program Support Branch.
For more information, please contact:
Child
and Family Services Division
216 - 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg MB R3C 4V4
Phone: (204) 945-6964
Email: cfsd@gov.mb.ca
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