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Supported Living
Supports for individuals with a mental disability to live and work in the community.


Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational training, education, and support services for eligible adults with a disability.

Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities
Financial assistance for low-income adults with a disability.

Residential Care Licensing
Licensing requirements for residential service providers for adults with a mental disability, mental illness and those suffering from infirmities of aging.

Manitoba Developmental Centre
Residential care facility for adults with a mental disability.

Children's Special Services
Support for families to care for children who have physical and/or mental disabilities.

Child Day Care Children with Disabilities Program
Supports and grants for eligible child care facilities and homes to work with children with disabilities in licensed settings.

Children in Care with Disabilities
Services to strengthen and support families of children in care with disabilities.


Home Adaptations for Seniors' Independence (HASI)
Financial assistance for low-income seniors to carry out minor home adaptations.

Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) for Persons with Disabilities
Financial assistance for low-income persons with a disability to improve accessibility.

Vulnerable Persons' Commissioner
Substitute decision making under The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act.


 

Publications and Information
Full Citizenship: A Manitoba Provincial Strategy on Disability Full Citizenship: A Manitoba Provincial Strategy on Disability
A comprehensive strategy on disability in the areas of access to government, employment, disability supports, services to Aboriginal persons with disabilities and income supports.

Vocational Rehabilitation Program Operating Manual Vocational Rehabilitation Program Operating Manual
Provides guidance to staff of the Department and designated agencies in how to administer the program to support individuals applying for assistance or services from the Vocational Rehabilitation Services System.

Volunteering at the Manitoba Developmental Centre Volunteering at the Manitoba Developmental Centre
Volunteer opportunities at an accredited facility providing specialized care, supervision and developmental habilitation to adults with a developmental disability located in Portage la Prairie.

Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD) Reports Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD) Reports
Reports describing objectives, services, target populations and expenditures for programs and services cost-shared under the LMAPD Multilateral Framework.

Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities (EAPD) Agreement Reports Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities (EAPD) Agreement Report
Report on the activities cost-shared under the former Canada-Manitoba Agreement on Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities (EAPD).

Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act

Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act
Information on supported decision making and services available.


The Roles, Responsibilities and Functions of a Board - A Board Development Guide The Roles, Responsibilities and Functions of a Board - A Board Development Guide
Prepared by the Department for the boards and staff of provincially funded social service agencies; the guide is not intended to be a detailed procedures manual, but to provide awareness of the basic responsibilities and functions expected of a governing board and its members.

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