Half of First Nation families in Manitoba have had file opened with child welfare system, study finds

Denver child welfare program makes progress, but risks linger, audit says

Denver Human Services has made progress in administering its child welfare placement services but there is still room for improvement within its kinship caregiver program, according to a follow-up audit completed in March.

Half of First Nation families in Manitoba have had file opened with child welfare system, study finds

Co-author Kathleen Kenny pointed to Manitoba’s ‘birth alert’ system, discontinued in 2020, as the main reason for the high rates of child welfare involvement in First Nations families

Cultural supports key to reducing Manitoba’s exceptionally high child apprehension rates: study

Half of all First Nations parents in Manitoba have had a file on them opened by the province’s Child and Family Services agency, according to a new study. “Our research shows devastating and detrimental harm by CFS to First Nations families and communities over the past 20 years that is broad and extensive,” said study