Manitoba Announces First Social Impact Bond
Doula Project Aims to Strengthen Bonds Between Indigenous Mothers and Infants and Reduce the Number of Days Infants Spend in Care
Children & Family Services In the News
In this section, you'll find links relevant to those interested current stories and news about First Nations Children and Family Services in Manitoba.
CTV News: Pilot Project aims to "Restore the Sacred Bond"
CTV host Maralee Caruso, speaks to Jolene Mercer (Executive Director of the Initiative) and Tara Petti (CEO, Southern Network) to learn about Manitoba's first social impact bond, the Restoring the Sacred Bond Initiative.
Youth Leaving State Care Need Education Support
The general public should stay informed about the well-being of young people in care and hold governments to account — to ensure that they are meeting their obligations to support young people’s well-being and educational progress.
Province, CFS join forces, seek investment in program to reduce Indigenous kids in care
The pilot will support up to 200 at-risk expectant mothers. SFNNC will lead the project and work with the doula service provider, Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag, to identify expectant mothers who may not have the resources to effectively parent their babies.
Manitoba's 1st social impact bond hopes to raise $3M to help at-risk moms
Manitoba's first social impact bond is looking for $3 million in private investment to pay for a program to reduce the number of days children in the province spend in care.
Press Release: Southern First Nations Network of Care Partners with RedMane Technology Canada
Restoring the Sacred Bond is an early intervention program aimed at reducing the number of newborn child welfare apprehensions and days that young children are spending in the care of child welfare.
CBC News: We're separating babies from their teenage mothers in care, perpetuating a never-ending cycle
Teens who give birth in care are 11 times more likely to have their babies taken by child protection services
CBC News: B.C. court rules against MCFD, permits Indigenous mother and child to return home with supports
A provincial court judge has overturned a Ministry of Child and Family Development sanctioned apprehension and ordered an Indigenous mother to be reunited with her baby.
First Nations CFS agencies tackle funding gaps
First Nations child welfare agencies in Manitoba have been quietly working with Ottawa and the province to bridge discriminatory funding gaps amid loud protests over a longstanding shortfall, the Free Press has learned.
BC Court: Indigenous heritage doesn't overrule other factors in adoption.
Aboriginal heritage must be considered when placing a child with an adoptive family, but it does not overrule all other factors in deciding their best interests, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled.
CBC News: Arlen Dumas elected grand chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Arlen Dumas, chief of the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, has been elected grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.
The Globe and Mail reports that Alberta's child-welfare system failed First Nations youth
Three First Nations children who spent most of their lives in foster care but died after returning to their parents’ care were failed by the Alberta government, according to the province’s child and youth advocate.
Program helps reunite families with kids
A pilot project aimed at reducing the rate of children being taken into foster care is continuing in a Manitoba First Nation after a significant number of families involved were reunited with their kids.
CBC reports that Indigenous people have little faith in Manitoba's child-welfare system: poll
Indigenous people in Manitoba overwhelmingly give the provincial government a failing grade when it comes to the child-welfare system. That's according to the results of a poll that asked First Nations and Métis in the province to also weigh in on issues like identity, education and racism.