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Financial Resources<\/h3><\/div>

The marketAbilities Program<\/a><\/strong> within the Ministry of Families offers a wide range of employment focused services to assist adults with disabilities in preparing for, obtaining and maintaining employment.<\/p>\n

Manitoba Jobs and Skills Development <\/strong><\/a>centres across the province can assist you in finding, preparing for, and retaining employment, including support for skills development. \u00a0Contact a service location<\/a> near you.<\/p>\n

Employment and Income Assistance Program (EIA)<\/a><\/strong> provides financial help to Manitobans who have no other way to support themselves or their families. This includes benefits from the Rent Assist Program that helps with housing costs. For people who are able to work, EIA will help them go back to work by providing supports to employment.\u00a0 Winnipeg: 204-
\n948-4000.\u00a0 Email<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Community Unemployment Help Centre<\/strong><\/a> helps individuals obtain the Employment Insurance (EI), or Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) benefits to which they are entitled. \u00a0 This includes providing information, advice, assistance in preparing appeals, and representation at appeals.\u00a0 The Centre\u2019s services are open to everyone in need and no fees are charged for any service.\u00a0 Location:
\n501-275 Broadway.\u00a0 Phone:
\n204-942-6556. Email<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asset Building Programs <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0SEED Winnipeg\u2019s Asset Building Programs assist low-income participants to save for productive assets or household necessities. To help participants meet their savings goals, our programs include money management training classes, matched savings credits that are added to the funds that participants save on their own, opportunities for peer support from fellow participants, and one-to-one support from SEED staff.. For more information, please visit their website<\/strong><\/a>. Phone 204-927-9335<\/p>\n

AFM Gambling Helpline<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 This phone line is available 24 hours, 7 days per week with interpretation services available in 150 languages and dialects. It offers information and referral services and is free and confidential.
\n1-800-463-1554 (toll free in Manitoba)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Citizens\u2019 Bridge<\/strong><\/a> is a one stop shop for supporting clients to get identification documents, bank accounts, and driver licences. Located at 607 Selkirk Avenue. Identification and Bank Accounts: 204-691-9719; 204-691-9720, Driver Instructor: 204-691-9718, Fax: 204-691-9717. Email.<\/a><\/p>\n

Community Financial Counselling Services<\/a> (CFCS)<\/strong> is a publicly funded, community governed agency, offering debt management services.\u00a0 CFCS clientele include more vulnerable and high risk populations such as youth, seniors, low income, persons living with a disability and persons with problem gambling behaviour.\u00a0 Programming includes the creation of a plan to meet individual financial responsibilities with ongoing supports to help individuals gain the decision-making skills and self-management abilities that will continue to support them long after the formal program has ended.\u00a0 Located at 516-294 Portage Avenue.\u00a0 Phone 204-989-1900.\u00a0 Email.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Credit Counselling Society<\/strong><\/a> is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families find solutions to their debt and money problems.\u00a0 They provide individuals with confidential and free credit counselling services, credit education and debt management programs.\u00a0 Located at
\n611-428 Portage Ave.
\nPhone 1-888-527-8999.\u00a0\u00a0 Email.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada<\/strong><\/a> is a national, charitable, non-profit credit counselling and financial literacy organization. Consolidated Credit offers free, no obligation credit counselling services, both over the phone and face-to-face. Consolidated Credit can assist in the review of a stable monthly budget then offer an assessment of all debt-repayment options available to an individual based on their personal circumstances.Location, by appointment: 201 Portage Avenue, 18th Floor.\u00a0 Phone: 1-888-477-7397. Email<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neighbours Helping Neighbours.<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>The Salvation Army, with support from Manitoba Hydro, has expanded its Neighbours Helping Neighbours program to reach out to all residents of Manitoba.\u00a0 This energy assistance program provides low income individuals, families and seniors who are unable to pay their energy bill due to personal hardship or crisis with:<\/p>\n