We are very pleased to see this important pilot project move forward!
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Out-of-Home Respite Will Help Meet Needs of Families Through Pilot Project: Squires<\/strong><\/p>\n The Manitoba government and St.Amant will work together to provide an enhanced respite care option to children with disabilities as part of a new pilot project, Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced today. We are very pleased to see this important pilot project move forward! \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Out-of-Home Respite Will Help Meet Needs of Families Through Pilot Project: Squires The Manitoba government and St.Amant will work together to provide an enhanced respite care option to children with disabilities as part of a new pilot project, Families Minister […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,14],"tags":[],"post-topic":[345],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":17405},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25963,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17405\/revisions\/25963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17405"},{"taxonomy":"post-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-topic?post=17405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\u201cRespite care is one of the most requested services by families that are raising children with disabilities,\u201d said Squires. \u201cWe want to ensure that families are protected with access to services that meet their needs including innovative respite options supported by trained and experienced workers.\u201d
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\nThe two-year pilot includes the creation of two overnight respite homes \u2013 a four-bed home in Winnipeg and a three-bed home in Brandon.
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\n\u201cFamilies of children with disabilities need access to respite, mental health supports, and help understanding how to best support their children as they grow and change, to prevent crisis placements with Child and Family Services,\u201d said John Leggat, president, and chief executive officer, St.Amant. \u201cWe have seen this model of family care work and are very pleased to be able to help more families stay together.\u201d
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\nThe minister noted that with this initiative, the Manitoba government is adhering to a key recommendation in a report from the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth.
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\nThe minister added that out-of-home overnight respite and family supports enhance the range of services outside of the child welfare system by offering families:<\/p>\n\n
\nThe pilot will be evaluated at the end of the two years.
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\nThis project aligns with and supports Manitoba\u2019s Child and Family Services (CFS) reform plan by offering proactive services outside of the formal child welfare system that is aimed at preventing children with disabilities from entering CFS.
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\nAdditional information on the child welfare reform plan can be found at: https:\/\/manitoba.ca\/fs\/child_welfare_reform\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"