Managed Care

The best environment for a young person to experience healthy growth and development is within a family. This is not always possible.

For some families, there are many challenges. These might be poverty, addiction, mental health issues, sexual exploitation and family conflict that put their children’s safety at risk.

When all attempts at family preservation have failed, children in families under stress come into the care of a child and family services agency, becoming wards of the province. While this is considered a last resort, it is done to protect the well being of the child.

In time, many of these children can return home to their families once they, their parents and siblings have worked on resolving family problems while living apart. A smaller number of young people are never able to return home.

Marymound’s Managed Care program aims to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs of the young person. A number of living arrangements fall within Marymound’s continuum of care – group homes, secure units, foster care and independent living. Marymound’s Managed Care Program provides 24-hour care to approximately 300 young people at risk in the community each year.

Access to Marymound Managed Care Programs is by referral only by calling the The Provincial Placement Desk at (204) 945-1205.