Volume 2 contains provincial policies and standards with respect to the development, operation and licensing requirements of group care facilities, including the administrative procedures by which licences are issued, maintained, renewed and cancelled. The forms in this manual are not for public use. This is only used once approval for a license has been given.  This volume replaces the earlier Child Care Facilities Licensing Manual.
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Categories:Application, Families
Under section 12 of The Child and Family Service Act an agency may pay for a child to attend a licensed day care using this form. This is a statutory regulated form embedded in The Child and Family Services Regulation
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Category:Families
This is a confidential record that is kept in the child's file. It is a snap shot of where the child stands academically including age, grade, supports provided and any learning disabilities. This is an agency form and is located on CFSA, the caseworker would typically print it off on their own letterhead.
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Category:Families
The Child Placement Profile form is filled out by the child and family services caseworker and kept in the child in care file.   It gives a snap shot of the child's placement, reason for apprehension, known risks and legal status. 
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Category:Families
A caseworker must have a current description and picture of the child in the child's file. The information is updated on an annual basis. The form used to capture that information is located in the Child and Family Services Application, and kept in the child in care file. 
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Employment and Income Assistance procedures circular addressing measures to reduce the volume of physician notes requested by the program.
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Employment and Income Assistance procedures circular advising program offices of publications by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada to keep readily available for participants about available options for financial products and services.
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The Department supports the intent of the RDSPs and will exempt all assets and withdrawals to enhance the resources available to persons with disabilities.  The policy changes outlined below are intended to support the implementation of RDSPs, which were available to the public as of December 2008.

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Changes are being made to the gifting section of the policy manual as well as section 8(1)(viii) of the Regulation, effective January 2009, to permit each adult in a case, eligible to receive Employment and Income Assistance under the persons with disability category, to receive contributions of up to $500 per month from family or others without affecting the amount of their monthly benefits. 
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Changes are being made to the gifting section of the policy manual as well as section 8(1)(viii) of the Regulation, effective January 2009, to permit each adult in a case, eligible to receive Employment and Income Assistance under the persons with disability category, to receive contributions of up to $500 per month from family or others without affecting the amount of their monthly benefits. 
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Changes are being made to the gifting section of the policy manual as well as section 8(1)(viii) of the Regulation, effective January 2009, to permit each adult in a case, eligible to receive Employment and Income Assistance under the persons with disability category, to receive contributions of up to $500 per month from family or others without affecting the amount of their monthly benefits. 
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This circular outlines the procedure for the EIA Program to pay the rental cost of speech-generating devices from the Provincial Communication Devices (CD) Program, Assistive Technology Products and Services, Deer Lodge Centre, WRHA.  
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The Portable Housing Benefit (PHB) is a rent supplement, accompanied by support services, for low-income persons with mental health issues who are living in an unstable housing situation that is interfering with their progress in treatment and positive participation in community life.  
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Effective March 26, 2010, the Department of Families (Health Services Program) will implement a change in the benefit status for OxyContin (oxycondone) by moving this drug to the Exception Drug Status (EDS) Program.  
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The Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) Program is implementing mandatory use of direct deposit by stipulating that participants receive their benefits in this manner.  EIA staff are to advise all participants that their benefits will be issued through direct deposit.

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Manitoba Housing (MH) requires that tenants pay a $50 transfer fee when tenants request a transfer to a different MH unit.  In the past, the transfer fee was not enforced for EIA participants.  EIA does not cover the MH fee for tenant-initiated transfers.  The participant is required to pay the cost of the transfer fee out of exempt sources of income (GST, CCTB/NCBS, or UCCB).

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The purpose of this circular is to provide case coordinators/counselors with the procedure that occupational/physical therapists (OT/PT) must follow in submitting an application and assessment when requesting the following:

  • manual or power wheelchairs;
  • manual or power wheelchairs that include customized seating or adaptations; and
  • customized seating or adaptations for an existing chair.
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Circular outlines the exemption of Manitoba First Nations Land Claim Settlement Payments for compensation for loss of ancestral land and culture resulting from the historical appropriate of First Nations' lands by the federal government. 
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Circular outlines the exemption of Manitoba First Nations Land Claim Settlement Payments for compensation for loss of ancestral land and culture resulting from the historical appropriate of First Nations' lands by the federal government.
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This circular is to notify staff of changes to Section 6.5.4 of the EIA Administrative Manual. Section 6.5.4 has been renamed "Obligation not to Leave or Refuse Employment/Just Cause for Leaving or Refusing Employment" replacing "Obligation not to Terminate Work Unreasonably or Refuse Reasonable Work."
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In order to reduce the volume of physician notes requested, and to increase the options available to EIA participants, medical needs that frequently require notes have been reviewed. 

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This circular is to inform Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) staff that changes have been made to the Assistance Regulation and EIA Administrative Manual with respect to liquid asset exemption levels available to applicants and participants. 

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Effective July 1, 2011, the Vital Statistics Agency implemented a new birth registration form that includes an option for parents to automatically apply to Canada Revenue Agency for a Social Insurance Number and the Child Tax Benefit for the newborn child.  
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Effective July 1, 2011, the Vital Statistics Agency implemented a new birth registration form that includes an option for parents to automatically apply to Canada Revenue Agency for a Social Insurance Number and the Child Tax Benefit for the newborn child.
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Effective July 1, 2011, the Vital Statistics Agency implemented a new birth registration form that includes an option for parents to automatically apply to Canada Revenue Agency for a Social Insurance Number and the Child Tax Benefit for the newborn child.  

This circular has been revised to allow benefits to be issued for a maximum of two benefit months before receiving confirmation of identification (normally the Manitoba Health Card).  Manitoba Health has advised that it takes, on average, five weeks after the birth of a child for a family to be issued a new Health Card.

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The Bell Hotel at 662 Main Street has reopened as a supportive housing project for individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness.  The Bell Hotel Supportive Housing Project provides housing partnered with 24-hour on-site supports for up to 42 tenants.  Special needs funding of up to $150 may be issued for household items.  A support worker for the Bell Hotel Project may be present when the funding is issued to assist in the purchase of items.
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The purpose of this circular is to highlight Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) supports for adult applicants who are victims of human trafficking.  A separate process exists for children through Child and Family Services.   
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This circular is to advise staff of the Manitoba Bug N'Scrub program, which is part of the Government of Manitoba's bed bug strategy.  Funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Bug N'Scrub Team provides preparation services, such as moving furniture, general cleaning, laundry service and reducing and removing clutter, when the tenant/homeowner is unable to complete this work on their own.

This circular has been revised to include the city of Brandon to the service area accessible to the Bug N'Scrub team. The process for Bug N'Scrub staff to bill EIA has been revamped and a maximum invoice amount of $1,300.00 has been set. Most invoices will be less than $1,300.00.  Additionally, the circular clarifies participants who live in Manitoba Housing are not covered by EIA as Manitoba Housing covers that cost.

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The intent of this circular is to highlight important updates to the Letter of Agreement between Welcome Place and EIA. Specifically, a process for handling refugee claimants without immigration documents and Government Assisted Refugees whose federal funding ends mid-month.
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The Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) program is committed to assisting participants in seeking compensation from landlords, where it appears that the participant has reasonable grounds for the claim.  The EIA Administrative Manual section 21.1.3 Allowable Items (special needs) has been amended to reflect this change.  The cost for filing a claim for compensation with the RTB is $20.
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The Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) program is committed to assisting participants in seeking compensation from landlords, where it appears that the participant has reasonable grounds for the claim.  The EIA Administrative Manual section 21.1.3 Allowable Items (special needs) has been amended to reflect this change.  The cost for filing a claim for compensation with the RTB is $20.

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This circular provides policy and process information to assist participants on Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) to eradicate bed bugs from their home. Participants that are residing in Manitoba Housing units should contact Manitoba Housing directly for assistance with this matter. 

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The purpose of this circular is to request staff to ensure that they review their list of cases of participants over the age of 65 to determine whether another resource is available to them. 
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The purpose of this circular is to request staff to ensure that they review their list of cases of participants over the age of 65 to determine whether another resource is available to them. 
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The purpose of this circular is to request staff to ensure that they review their list of cases of participants over the age of 65 to determine whether another resource is available to them. 
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Two sections of the EIA Administrative Manual have been updated.  Sections 19.1.6 Confirming Rental Information and 19.1.9 Shared Rent have been revised to allow for more flexibility when participants choose shared accommodations.  

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The purpose of this circular is to clarify the eligibility criteria and process for the provision of health benefits to Privately Sponsored Refugees (PSRs).  As a result of changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), PSRs are no longer eligible for IFHP benefits.
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The purpose of this circular is to clarify the eligibility criteria and process for the provision of health benefits to Privately Sponsored Refugees (PSRs).  As a result of changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), PSRs are no longer eligible for IFHP benefits.

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Effective November 15, 2012, The Manitoba Assistance Act and Assistance Regulation have been amended to allow for the discontinuation, suspension or reduction of EIA benefits for individuals with outstanding warrants for prescribed offences under the federal Criminal Code.

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The following describes how a family's EIA budget should be adjusted when a child is apprehended by CFS, or is in the process of being returned to their parental home through a reunification plan.
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The following describes how a family's EIA budget should be adjusted when a child is apprehended by CFS, or is in the process of being returned to their parental home through a reunification plan.

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The purpose of this circular is to provide staff with standardized guidelines for completing the form required to assign EI benefits to the Department (Human Resources and Skills Development HRSDC Assignment of Benefits Form (INS 3113).

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This circular explains Recognition Counts!  a two-year pilot program that provides accessible, low interest loans to foreign-educated workers and professionals to assist with the costs of training, qualification recognition and professional registration.  
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The EIA Regulation has recently been amended endorsing a new approach to employment planning which outlines the Department's role in actively engaging and supporting this population and the expectation that parents with young children participate in the development and implementation of an employment development plan.
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The EIA Regulation has recently been amended endorsing a new approach to employment planning which outlines the Department's role in actively engaging and supporting this population and the expectation that parents with young children participate in the development and implementation of an employment development plan.
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This circular will implement Exception Reporting of attendance and progress beginning July 1, 2014 for all students who are EIA participants attending approved education, training or post secondary programs.

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This circular describes changes that have been made to EIA child maintenance policy/procedures and administrative forms to clarify the assessment, treatment and administration of maintenance income by EIA staff as, well as support EIA participants to more easily access maintenance resources available to them.

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Effective April 14, 2014, the Disability and Health Supports Unit (DHSU) will assume responsibility for coordinating airfare for participants who have been approved by Manitoba Health to receive medical treatment outside of the province.

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The circular explains that in addition to Rent Assist for EIA participants, Rent Assist is also available to help low-income Manitobans who pay rent in the private market and who spend a large portion of their income on rent.  In some instances, benefits available through the non-EIA Rent Assist stream may eliminate the need for households to apply for EIA.  
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