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Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) and Manitoba Supports for Persons with Disabilities (MSPD) cheques will be available for pick up at Families offices across the province. If you receive your benefits by direct deposit, you are not affected.                                

• In Winnipeg, MSPD cheques will be available at 114 Garry Street. For all other communities, MSPD cheques will be available at the local Families office.
• EIA and MSPD cheques for Flin Flon residents are now available at the Department of Families’ Flin Flon office located at 102-143 Main Street.
• EIA and MSPD cheques for evacuees will be available for pick up at the 401 York Avenue distribution centre in Winnipeg
• EIA cheques will be available at the office where you receive services, with the exception of those who receive services from Access Downtown (640 Main St, Winnipeg.) These will be distributed from 128 Market Ave.
• If you need help to identify your local office, or you are an evacuee and need to have your cheque redirected, please contact the EIA Service Centre at 204-948-2888 (within Winnipeg) or 1-855-944-8111.
• All Income Supplement Program cheques including Rent Assist, Manitoba Child Benefit, Manitoba Prenatal Benefit and the 55+ JR component cheques, will be available for pick up at distribution centres across Manitoba beginning June 2, 2025.
• For Landlords with Winnipeg mailing addresses, cheques will be available for pick-up at the 401 York Winnipeg Distribution Centre. Landlords with rural or northern community mailing addresses will be able to pick-up their cheques at the applicable distribution centre. (PDF)

Essential mail, including cheques for trade vendors, service providers and income supplement programs will be available for pick up at distribution centres across Manitoba beginning June 2, 2025.                               

Please visit https://www.gov.mb.ca/postaldisruption/ for more information and to find the distribution centre for your community.