Peguis First Nation families can hear an update on local child and family services when Peguis Child and Family Services holds its 2026 Annual General Meeting on July 4, 2026. The meeting comes as the agency shares results from a year that saw thousands of people access help while facing calls from the current chief to scrap the agreement that created it.
According to the agency’s 2024-2025 Annual Report, 6,436 children, youth, and families accessed culturally appropriate services in the last fiscal year. Prevention and culturally appropriate services combined reached 33,071 points of service, with $19.5 million spent on prevention and family services. The report also says 92 percent of children in care now live with immediate or extended family members or in culturally appropriate homes.
The meeting takes place during a leadership dispute over the coordination agreement signed January 31, 2023, which made Peguis the first Indigenous community in Manitoba to take control of child welfare under federal Bill C-92 legislation. Chief Stan Bird called last October for the agreement to end, saying the agency lacks accountability. Former chief Glenn Hudson, who signed the deal, says the system is working well and needs collaboration rather than cancellation. The agency reports an 80 percent drop in children coming into care over four years, with 99 percent of the 222 children in care living with family.
The agency operates under the Honouring our Children, Families and Nation Act, which came into force on January 21, 2022. The 2024-2025 year also saw prevention service participation rise by nearly 952 percent since the act took effect. Peguis Child and Family Services runs offices in Peguis First Nation and Winnipeg, with 24/7 emergency hotlines. The annual meeting is a chance for community members to hear updates and ask questions about the services that support local families.
