How We are Organized
Service Lines and Service Delivery Structure1
MCFD delivers or funds services across six service lines to approximately 140,000 children, youth and families every year:
Early Childhood Development (ECD).
Services for Children and Youth with Support Needs (CYSN).
Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMH).
Child Safety, Family, Youth and Young Adult services (CS/CYIC/SAJE).
Adoption Services (AS).
Youth Justice Services (YJ).
With the exception of EY services, some services for CYSN, and YJ services that are administered centrally. In 2023/24 fiscal year, services across the province were organized into eight Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). Each SDA was further subdivided into Local Service Areas (LSAs). In total, there were 44 LSAs throughout the province.
Services are coordinated through a provincial office in Victoria and delivered through seven Service Delivery Areas, a provincial centralized services centre and facilities, and through Indigenous Child and Family Service Agencies, contracted community social service agencies and direct care providers (i.e., foster caregivers and extended family care providers). The Ministry’s services include early childhood development, children and youth with support needs, child and youth mental health, adoption, family support, child protection, and youth justice, as well as helping youth and young adults transition from government care to adulthood and adult services.