Claims Administrator Information Line: 1-204-947-7101 | 1-844-947-7101 | info@csasettlement.com
If you were a provincially funded child in the care of a Child and Family Services Agency in Manitoba between Janaury 1, 2005 and March 31, 2019, your legal rights may be affected.
The Claim Registration Period will begin on January 6, 2025, and will stay open for two years.
Claim Registration Forms and a detailed Instruction Package on how to complete your claim will be available on January 6, 2025, in multiple formats, including online submission, downloading, mailing or pickup for hardcopy completion and submission.
EXG is Claims Administrator for Flette and Lavallee Actions
Exchange Solutions Inc. (EXG) has been engaged as the Claims Administrator for the Indigenous CFS Agencies (Flette) Action and Non-Indigenous CFS Agencies (Lavallee) Action. To receive updates about the Claims Process, please contact the Claims Administrator Information Line at: 1-844-947-7101 or by email at info@csasettlement.com.
Click here for a list of CFS Agencies included under the Flette and Lavallee Actions. Current and former Children-in-Care claimants of a Métis CFS Agency (Lafontaine Class Action) have a separate Claims Administrator (further information about the Métis CFS Agency’s Claims Administration will the provided once it is available).
News & Updates
Posted: Oct 17, 2024
You can file a claim starting January 6, 2025
The Claim Registration Period will begin on January 6, 2025, and will stay open for two years.
Claim Registration Forms and a detailed Instruction Package on how to complete your claim will be available on January 6, 2025, in multiple formats, including online submission, downloading, mailing or pickup for hardcopy completion and submission.
Posted: Oct 08, 2024
Manitoba apologizes for clawing back money for kids in care as part of $530M settlement.
Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine says the province's practice of keeping the children's special allowance, a federal benefit for kids in the child welfare system, for more than a decade was a 'profound injustice' that left some of the most vulnerable children in the province without the 'supports they needed and rightfully deserved.'
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Posted: Sept 6, 2024
Manitoba judge approves settlement of over $500M for former kids in care.
On September 5, 2024, Justice Huberdeau approved the Settlement Agreement. This agreement has support from the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), Southern Chiefs' Organization, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, and several Child and Family Services (CFS) groups. The Settlement Agreement sets deadlines for Manitoba to make payments and includes other important steps to end the lawsuits, like a public apology in the Manitoba Legislature. It also explains how and when Class Members will get their payments from the Settlement Fund. There is a 31-day appeal period after the approval. As there were no appeals, Class Members will be able to submit claims beginning on January 6, 2025 for a two year Claim Registration Period.
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Posted: Aug 4, 2024
Manitoba won't appeal ruling that government improperly took $334M from children in care.
The Manitoba government says it won't appeal a May ruling that found it improperly kept hundreds of millions of dollars in federal benefits meant for children in care. "After many years of struggle, the Manitoba government has finally decided to do the right thing," said Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse in a government news release Thursday. "I commend the Manitoba government for its decision not to appeal."
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Posted: June 20, 2024
Notices for Settlement Agreement Approved
On June 20, 2024, the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba has authorized the Representative Plaintiffs to give notice to Class Members that a Settlement has been reached.
Short-form and Long-form Notices have been sent according to the Court-Approved Notice Plan and are available to Class Members here. On September 5 and 6, 2024, the Court will consider whether the settlement of the Class Actions is fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Class Members. All that information and more is contained within the attached Notice.
Posted: Mar 25, 2024
Province agrees to $530-M settlement in CFS lawsuits.
Manitoba has agreed to a landmark $530-million settlement to repay children in care after 14 years of clawing back federal payments that were supposed to go to them. “It’s a great day,” said Trudy Lavallee, the litigation guardian and plaintiff for non-Indigenous children in care who didn’t get their children’s special allowance funding from 2005 to 2019. “I’m very happy for the kids,” said Lavallee, executive director of Animikii Ozoson Child and Family Services, at a news conference Monday. The amount involves $335 million that was clawed back, plus interest and damages for discrimination.
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Claims Administration Information Line Now Open
The Claims Administrator Information Line is now open and provides information about the status of the claims administration process. You can access the toll-free Information Line by calling 1-844-947-7101.
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