Resources

Key provincial Acts (statutes) applicable to the delivery of child and family services (including adoption services) in Manitoba

• The Adoption Act
• The Child & Family Services Act
• The Child & Family Services Authorities Act
• The Family Maintenance Act
• The Fatal Inquiries Act
• The Financial Administration Act
• The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
• The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Act
• The Ombudsman Act
• The Personal Health Information Act
• The Social Services Administration Act

Regulations

• The Child & Family Services Act Regulations
• The Child & Family Services Authorities Act Regulations
• Authority Determination Protocol Regulation

Resources

• AJI-CWI Website
• Caring for First Nations Children Society
• Child Protection – Designated Intake Agencies
• Child Welfare League of Canada
• Envision: The Manitoba Journal of Child Welfare
• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
• Provincial Standards Manual
• Provincial Advisory Committee on Child Abuse

Leadership

• Assembly of First Nations
• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
• Southern Chiefs Organization Inc.

Partners and Collaterals

• Aboriginal Youth Network
• The Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centers (CASAC)
• Child & Family Services of Central Manitoba
• Child & Family Services of Western Manitoba
• Children’s Advocate Manitoba
• Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency (see also: Opaskwayak Cree Nation)
• Cybertip
• Elizabeth Hill Counselling Centre
• The Family Centre
• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
• Ka Ni Kanichihk
• Kids Help Phone
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Intertribal Child & Family Services
• Jewish Child & Family Services
• Little Warriors
• Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
• MacDonald Youth Services
• Manitoba Foster Family Network
• Marymound
• Metis Child & Family and Community Services
• Metis Child & Family Services Authority
• National Youth in Care Network
• New Directions
• Ombudsman Manitoba
• Resource Assistance for Youth Inc.
• Southern Manitoba First Nations Repatriation Program
• Stop Child Abuse
• Teen Touch
• Voices! Manitoba’s Youth in Care Network

Hotlines

• Canada Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
• Kids Help Phone Hotline: 1-800-668-6868
• Manitoba Foster Care Recruitment Line: 1-888-995-5646
• Sexual Assault Crisis number: 1-888-292-7565