Term: Child and Family Services Information System (CFSIS)

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2012-10-16

Definition:

A data management system that supports case tracking and reporting of services provided to children and families as they pass through the Manitoba Child and Family Services (CFS) system. CFSIS includes information on children in care as well as information on families receiving protective services and support services.

See the Child and Family Services Application Data glossary term for more information on the data collected by the CFSIS.

Related concepts 

• Children in Care (CIC) - Overview of Terminology and Characteristics

Related terms 

• Child and Family Services (CFS)
• Child and Family Services (CFS) Application Data
• Children in Care (CIC) / Ever in Care
• Protective Services
• Support Services

References 

• Brownell M, Chartier M, Santos R, Ekuma O, Au W, Sarkar J, MacWilliam L, Burland E, Koseva I, Guenette W. How are Manitoba's Children Doing? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Brownell M, Santos R, Kozyrskyj A, Roos N, Au W, Dik N, Chartier M, Girard D, Ekuma O, Sirski M, Tonn N, Schultz J. Next Steps in the Provincial Evaluation of the BabyFirst Program: Measuring Early Impacts on Outcomes Associated with Child Maltreatment. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2007. [Report] [Summary] (View)

Term used in 

• Santos R, Brownell M, Ekuma O, Mayer T, Soodeen R-A. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) in Manitoba: Linking Socioeconomic Adversity and Biological Vulnerability at Birth to Children's Outcomes at Age 5. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)