Last March, the Province of Manitoba settled three Children’s Special Allowance Class Action Lawsuits for the amount of 530-million dollars.

That money is for children in care for 30 days or more of a Manitoba Child and Family Services agency between January 1, 2005 and March 31st, 2019.

During that time, the province had clawed back the CSA benefit for those children.

Arrielle Lagace, the CSA representative for Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba talks about who the lawsuits represent.

“The class council filed the lawsuit, they have been grouped into Flette, Lavallee and Lafontaine. So the Flette action represents Indigenous CFS agencies, the Lavallee action represents non-Indigenous CFS agencies and the Lafontaine action represents Métis CFS agencies.”

Lagace advised that eligible applicants have until January 5th, 2027 to apply for the settlement.

She can be contacted at 204-677-1500 for questions on eligibility or details on the application process.

For more details, tune into Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 pm.