What is a CFS Authority

The Child and Family Services Authorities
Four Child and Family Services Authorities manage child and family services throughout Manitoba.

• Metis Child and Family Services Authority
  Generally, the Metis Child and Family Services Authority manages child and family services for Metis and Inuit people.
• First Nations of Southern Manitoba Child and Family Services Authority (Southern First Nations Network of Care)
  Generally, the Southern First Nations Network of Care manages child and family services for members of, or people who identify with, a southern First Nation.
• First Nations of Northern Manitoba Child and Family Services Authority
  Generally, the First Nations of Northern Manitoba Child and Family Services Authority manages child and family services for members of, or people who identify with, a northern First Nation.
• General Child and Family Services Authority
  The General Child and Family Services Authority manages child and family services for everyone who is not covered by another CFS Authority.

Each of the Authorities creates and oversees one or more child and family service agencies.  The agencies are the places that provide services to children and families