Province holds news conference at Marymound to announce new Children in Crisis initiatives

 Marymound positioned as partner and solution

November 18, 2014-  The Province of Manitoba held a news conference today at Marymound to announce its new Children in Crisis initiatives. Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross listed many new measures to lessen the amount of children staying in hotels and to better ensure the safety of these vulnerable children and youth.

Jay Rodgers, CEO of Marymound was the guest speaker who announced the organization’s initiative to develop a new centre to help sustain the province’s new initiatives. For more details click on the links below.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/province-to-reduce-cfs-hotel-use-283159381.html

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/11/18/ndp-aim-to-get-kids-out-of-hotels

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/emergency-housing-program-for-at-risk-youth-gets-overhaul-1.2838962

http://aptn.ca/news/2014/11/18/number-aboriginal-children-care-national-disaster/

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.2108442

http://globalnews.ca/news/1679569/province-to-overhaul-emergency-housing-program-for-youth/