Links

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Intake and Emergency Contact

All Nations Coordinated Response Network
Telephone: 204-944-4200
Toll Free: 1-866-345-9241
Fax: 204-944-4250
Address: 835 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3G 0N6

Emergency Contact Phone Numbers

• Contact the Agency

Community Resources

Advocacy:

• Office of the Children’s Advocate
• Manitoba Ombudsman
• Manitoba Metis Federation
• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
• Manitoba Keewatinook Ininew Okimowin
• Mother of Red Nations Women’s Council of Manitoba
• Aboriginal Justice Inquiry – Child Welfare Initiative
• Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission (AJIC)
• Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Report

Addiction Services:

• Addictions Foundation of Manitoba
• Behavioural Health Foundation

Child & Family Services:

• Metis Child, Family and Community Services Agency
• Child & Family Services Contacts
• Changes for Children
• First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
• Envision – The Manitoba Journal of Child Welfare

Child Day Care:

• Manitoba Child Day Care
• Manitoba Child Care Association

Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation:

• Manitoba Strategy on Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation

Community:

• Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
• Nidinawe
• Native Women’s Transition Centre
• Wahbung Abinoonjiiag
• Andrews Street Family Centre

Counselling Services:

• Family Centre Community Counselling Services
• Elizabeth Hill Counselling Centre
• Aulneau Renewal Centre
• Mental Health Services for Children, Youth and Families

Culture:

• http://www.urbanshaman.org/home.html
• http://www.grassrootsnews.mb.ca/
• http://www.aboriginalchamber.ca/
• http://www.manitoahbee.com/
• http://www.ncifm.com/
• http://www.aptn.ca/

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder:

• Seven Oaks/Inkster Directory of Services For FASD

Financial Assistance:

• Manitoba Family Services & Housing

Foster Care:

• Manitoba Foster Family Network
• What is Foster Care?

Housing:

• Manitoba Family Services and Housing

Health & Wellness:

• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
• Manitoba Health
• Health Canada
• Klinic
• Nine Circles Community Health Centre
• Centre Youville Centre
• Nor’West Health
• Kids Health
• Healthy Child Manitoba
• Women’s Health Clinic
• Mount Carmel Clinic

Prenatal:

• International Childbirth Education Association
• The Web Center for Women's Health, University of Manitoba
• Birth Roots Doula Collective
• Manitoba Association for Childbirth & Family Education

Seniors :

• Age & Opportunity
• Manitoba Society of Seniors
• Manitoba Seniors Directorate

Sexual Health:

• Sexuality Education Resource Centre

Violence & Abuse Prevention:

• Child Protection Branch
• Child Abuse Registry

Women’s Shelters:

• Alpha House
• Agape House
• Portage Family Abuse Prevention Centre
• Nova House
• Genesis House
• Thompson Crisis Centre
• Native Women’s Transition Centre

Youth:

• Voices – Manitoba Youth In Care
• Teen Touch
• Drugs & Alcohol
• Internet Safety
• Aboriginal Youth Network
• McDonald Youth Services
• Beyond Borders
• Resource Assistance for Youth
• Kids Help Phone
• Sexuality and You

Child and Family Services Legislation

• Child & Family Services Standards
• Child and Family Services Act
• Child and Family Services Authorities Act
• Adoption Act
• Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Act
• Family Maintenance Act
• Fatalities Inquiries Act
• Freedom of Information and Privacy Act
• Ombudsman Act

Reports

Child & Family Services Standing Committee:

• Progress on Changes for Children Initiative

Office of the Children’s Advocate:

• "Strengthening our Youth" Their Journey to Competence and Independence
  November, 2006
  (pdf format - 3638 kb)
• "Honouring Their Spirits" The Child Death Review: A report to the Minister of Family Services and Housing, Province of Manitoba
  September, 2006
  (pdf format - 528 kb)
• Recommendations - A Special Case Review in Regard to the Death of Phoenix Sinclair
  Andrew J. Koster, Billie Schibler, Manitoba Children's Advocate - September, 2006
  (pdf format - 16 kb)

Office of the Ombudsman:

• Strengthen the Commitment - An External Review of the Child Welfare System
  September, 2006
  (pdf format - 2.2 mb)

Manitoba Family Services and Housing:

• Changes for Children: Strengthening the Commitment to Child Welfare Response to the External Reviews into the Child and Family Services System
  October 13, 2006
  (pdf format - 117 kb)